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The Great Fire of New York
A two day fire that broke out during the British Military occupation of the Revolutionary War. It destroyed about a third of the city. -
Combine Harvester
The first one in the US was built by Hiram Moore. Usually pulled by horse, mule or ox. -
The Alamo
Mexican troops launched an assault on the Alamo mission killing all of the Texian defenders -
Aroostook War
A confrontation over the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine. Many were captured but none were killed. -
US Mexican War
An armed conflict between America and Mexico. It started after the American annexation of Texas. -
California Gold Rush
The news of gold brought 300,000 people to California from the rest of the US and abroad. -
Robert E. Lee
He was best known as a commander in the Confederate States Army. He commanded the army of North Virginia in the Civil War. -
Bull Run
A battle that was fought in Prince William County, Virginia. The first major battle of the Civil War. The confederates won it. -
Ulysses S. Grant
He won the battle of Shiloh and took control of Kentucky and most of Tennessee. He was a general of the union army -
Lincolns Assassination
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Fords Theatre in Washington, DC
