Atkinson, Henry

Atkinson, Henry,

1782–1842, American army officer, b. North Carolina. After service as a colonel in the War of 1812War of 1812,
armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain, 1812–15. It followed a period of great stress between the two nations as a result of the treatment of neutral countries by both France and England during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars,
..... Click the link for more information. , he was a commander in the West and led two expeditions (1819, 1825) to the Yellowstone River. He was general commander of forces in the Black Hawk WarBlack Hawk War,
conflict between the Sac and Fox and the United States in 1832. After the War of 1812, whites settling the Illinois country exerted pressure on the Native Americans.
..... Click the link for more information. and later superintended removal of the WinnebagoWinnebago,
Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). When Father Jean Nicolet encountered them (1634), the Winnebago lived in E Wisconsin, from Green Bay to Lake Winnebago.
..... Click the link for more information. to Iowa. Jefferson Barracks (near St. Louis) and Fort LeavenworthFort Leavenworth
, U.S. military post, 6,000 acres (2,430 hectares), on the Missouri River, NE Kans., NW of Leavenworth; est. 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. The oldest U.S. military prison (est. 1874), and the U.S.
..... Click the link for more information. were begun under his direction.

Atkinson, Henry

(1782–1842) soldier; born in North Carolina. He entered the army in 1808 and became a colonel after the War of 1812. He led the Yellowstone expedition (1819) and an expedition to the upper Missouri River (1825). He was in general command during the Black Hawk War (1832).

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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe

TAKING SHELTER Newcastle University's Hamish Atkinson, Henry King and Matt Proctor.

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match facts Gloucester: James Hook; Charlie Sharples, Matt Scott, Mark Atkinson, Henry Purdy; Billy Burns, Willi Heinz; Paddy McAllister (Josh Hohneck, 77), Richard Hibbard (Motu Matu'u, 69), John Afoa; Tom Savage, Mariano Galarza (Joe Latta, 69); Lewis Ludlow, Jacob Rowan (Matt Kvesic, 40), Ben Morgan.

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, by Rick Atkinson, Henry Holt and Company, LLC: New York, 2002, 704 pages, ISBN: 0-8050-6288-2, $30 (hardcover).

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

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