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Battle of Little Mountain: March 22, 1782 near modern Mount Sterling, Kentucky: American Revolutionary War Western theater 24 Wyandot vs Kentucky militia Siege of Bryan Station: August 15–17, 1782 modern Lexington, Kentucky: American Revolutionary War Western theater 5+ Kentucky settlers vs American Indians & allies Battle of Blue Licks ...
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
The Battle of Evarts (May 5, 1931) occurred in Harlan, Kentucky during the Harlan County Wars. The coal miners desired improved working conditions, higher wages, and more housing options for their families. [ 1 ]
Linda Blackford: Jim Hellard, 98, one of the Kentucky’s last living WWII veterans was first interviewed by this paper in 1946. Here’s the follow-up. A soldier, his Nazi dog, the Battle of the ...
Highest net casualty for U.S. forces during World War II; Resulted in Allied liberation of Luzon; Battle of Manila: February 3, 1945 March 3, 1945 Manila, Philippines Philippines campaign (1944–45) 6,575 (1,010 killed and 5,565 wounded) [3] Allied victory Japan One of the most intense urban battles fought by American forces during the war
[6] [7] [8] The most violent attack by mine workers occurred on May 5, 1931, and became known as the Battle of Evarts. The miners lay in ambush for cars delivering materials to strikebreakers and shot at them. Three company men and one striker were killed in the exchange. The Kentucky National Guard was called in. The strikers expected ...
The park continues to expand with purchases of parcels by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund and the American Battlefield Trust. An interpretive museum is located near the site where many Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of Perryville were buried. Monuments, interpretive signage, and ...
The Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument was the location of the Battle of Mill Springs (also known as Battle of Fishing Creek and as Battle of Logan's Crossroads) in January 1862. It was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1993 and authorized as a national monument in 2019.