15 August 2015 Volume 5 Issue 11 ASC History Newsletter

Battle of Bad Axe– End of the War This MONTH in military history… The was a Black Hawk attempted to surren- cans shot at anything that four-month conflict that ended der, but Soldiers on the moved– warriors, women, chil-  1782: Geo Wash- any hopes of the Sauk and Fox opened fire. This engagement dren, and the elderly included. ington creates the that they could reclaim their left some 23 dead Sauk. During In the end, over 250 Sauk died Purple Heart lands lost to the U.S. in 1804. the night, Black Hawk proposed at the scene and over 100 more In April 1832 Black Hawk led moving north, but most of his in the next several days. Bad  1794: Battle of Fall- his followers into . By followers disagreed and opted to Axe was the last US-Native en Timbers mid-July he realized his goal again try to cross the Mississippi. American battle east of the Mis- was hopeless and he attempted Black Hawk and some 20 warri- sissippi and provided a secure  1832: Battle of Bad to escape back across the Mis- ors turned north, leaving the area for settlers in western Illi- Axe—end of Black sissippi. On 21 July he fought a main band. On 2 August, the nois. Hawk War successful delaying action at American ground Heights, but on 1 forces came upon  1862: Battle of August U.S. forces caught up the remaining Cedar Mountain with him. On 1 and 2 August band and 1832 the engaged them.  1877: Nez Perce completely destroyed Black Black Hawk tried fight Battle of Big Hawk’s force. On 1 August to return to the Hole Blackhawk and his group were battle, but was attempting to cross the Missis- blocked by anoth-  1898: US troops sippi River from Wisconsin to er US force. The land in Puerto Rico . As they were preparing Warrior also re- canoes for the crossing, the turned to the bat-  1914: US proclaims steamboat Warrior arrived. tle. The Ameri- neutrality in WWI

country, the Arsenal was be-  1934: US ends US Army & Strike Breaking sieged with requests from Gov- occupation of Haiti ernors and Mayors for supplies of arms and ammunition for the  1944: US begins militia. The Arsenal worked air raids on discreetly to pack the supplies Philippines needed to supply the militia in order to not attract the attention  1945: Atomic bomb of the public, with much of the dropped on Hiro- transfer and shipping executed shima at night. However, strikers soon learned of the Arsenal’s  1964: Gulf of Ton- involvement and marched to the kin incident Rock Island and Davenport gates to attempt to stop the ship-  1969: Apollo 11 as- ments. The strikers broke into tronauts awarded many railroad cars but did not Presidential Medal find the ammunition or supplies of Freedom they were looking for. Frustrat- Blockade of Engines in Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1877 ed by their inability to find the  1971: Nixon Throughout its history, the US to load cars or allow the railroad supplies the Arsenal had been administration Army has not only been in- to operate. Railroad workers in shipping to militia troops, the acknowledges volved in overseas conflict, but other cities followed suit, with strikers then threatened to seize secret army in Laos has also been called upon to in- violent strikes breaking out the grounds of the Arsenal. The tervene in labor conflicts. Espe- throughout the . Commander immediately took  1990: US troops cially from 1875 to 1925, mili- Throughout the course of the measures to secure the Arsenal deploy for Opera- tary intervention in labor con- Great Railroad Strike of 1877 grounds and no violence fol- tion Desert Shield flicts was common. In fact, be- over 45,000 militiamen were lowed. tween 1877 and 1892 at least 30 called upon in eleven states and The role of the military, and  2002: UN Weapons percent of the militia’s active more than 100 strikers were later the National Guard, as an Inspectors invited duty assignments involved killed. industrial police force continued to Baghdad for strikes. One of the best known Eastern cities were not the on- into the 20th century, but subsid- technical talks examples of “strikebreaking” ly ones affected by the Great ed in the late 1920’s and all but occurred during the Great Rail- Railroad Strike of 1877. For the disappeared after World War II.  2007: Al-Qaeda sui- road Strike of 1877. In re- first time in its history, the Rock The military’s role in labor dis- cide bombers kill sponse to their wages being cut Island Arsenal was seriously putes remains controversial, but 800 Yazidi in for a second time in one year, threatened by mobs of angry and demonstrates the many missions Kahtaniya, Iraq workers of the Baltimore & hostile citizens. Due to the vio- upon which the Army has been Ohio Railroad company refused lence breaking out across the called to serve. ASC Poster Brought to you by your friendly ASC History Office. For more copies or any history related needs contact George Eaton or 870-1 stop by for a visit at Building 390 BSMT SW.