Well it all goes back to the Spanish american war. One of my ancestors on my fathers side, Nate Daniels, (before we got the name Danford), was stationed at a place we know as Goliad, in Texas. The garrison came under attack by the Mexican Army, after a few days of siege the Mexicans negotiated the surrender of the defenders. They promised them safe passage out of Texas and that they would be spared. But as my great great great grand Uncle found out, Mexicans lie. My great great grand Uncle, and the garrison were marched out to a prarrie and were gunned down. Nate Daniels tried to run but was shot, and bayoneted as he called out for help, and mercy. (This information was just recently found by my father in his mothers house in family records, the following was also found out in the records.)
This tragic event caused the rest of the Daniels to move to Luisiana, where they lived peacefully until the Civil War. Two of the younger Daniel's boys in thier teens, went to war, for the Confederates, where they both died at Gettysburg, one with General Hood at Devil's Den, and another in Picketts Charge.
Now on to more recent history, my great uncle (on my mother's side) also died in WWII covering the failed Operation Market Garden at Arnhiem.
Now that was Cheerful. =D
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WOW! I always like to study Goliad! Sad though. It is interesting about your other family at Gettysburg. Can't wait to hear more!!
that is pretty cool! according to my grandma, Mad anthony wayne (i don't know if you heard of him.) was related to us some how.
P.S. i just googled him and found out some stuff.
he organized his friends and cousins into armies to fight mock battles. Wayne eventually became an excellent surveyor and served Benjamin Franklin for a short time as an agent in Nova Scotia. Wayne's body was remarkably preserved after death, even after 13 years. There was little decay except in the lower portion of one leg.
Sorry, that last one was random! :D
Here is a bio of A. Wayne I put together for you Michelle. Lot of work but it was certiantly worth it.
Early life
Wayne was born to Isaac Wayne in Easttown Township, Pennsylvania in Chester County, near present-day Paoli, Pennsylvania and educated as a surveyor at his uncle's private academy in Philadelphia. He was sent by Benjamin Franklin and some associates to work for a year surveying land they owned in Nova Scotia, after which he returned to work in his father's tannery, while continuing his surveying. He became a leader in Chester County and served in the Pennsylvania legislature in 1774-1775.
At the onset of the war in 1775, Wayne raised a militia and, in 1776, became colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania troops. He and his regiment were part of the Continental Army's unsuccessful invasion of Canada, during which he commanded the distressed forces at Fort Ticonderoga. this during the Northern Army's period when it was commanded by the brilliant Benedict Arnold. His service resulted in the promotion to brigadier general on February 21, 1777.
Later, he commanded the Pennsylvania line at Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown. After winter quarters at Valley Forge, he led the American attack at the Battle of Monmouth. During this last battle, Wayne's forces were pinned down by a numerically superior British force, and was abandoned by General Lee. However, Wayne held out until relieved by reinforcements sent by Washington. This scenario would play out again years later, in the Southern campaign.
Statue of Wayne at Valley ForgeThe highlight of Wayne's Revolutionary War service was probably his victory at Stony Point. On July 15, 1779, in a nighttime, bayonets-only assault lasting thirty minutes, light infantry commanded by Wayne overcame British fortifications at Stony Point, a cliffside redoubt commanding the southern Hudson River. The success of this operation provided a boost to the morale of an army which had at that time suffered a series of military defeats. Congress awarded him a medal for the victory.
Subsequent victories at West Point and Green Spring in Virginia, increased his popular reputation as a bold commander. After the British surrendered at Yorktown, he went further south and severed the British alliance with Native American tribes in Georgia. Also with the Seminols in Florida who were later Taken over by America with Forces led by Andrew Jackson. That is after the Treaty with Spain, giving Florida as a apeasement for America not to take Texas. But I Digress, If you want more about Spain VS America time period, just ask me. He then negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee, for which Georgia rewarded him with the gift of a large rice plantation. Which later on resulted in the trail of tears.He was promoted to major general on October 10, 1783.
Political career
After the war, Wayne returned to Pennsylvania and served in the state legislature for a year in 1784. He then moved to Georgia and settled upon the tract of land granted him by that state for his military service. He was a delegate to the state convention which ratified the Constitution in 1788.
In 1791, he served a year in the Second United States Congress as a U.S. Representative of Georgia but lost his seat during a debate over his residency qualifications and declined running for re-election in 1792.
Northwest Indian War(Among my Favorite Indian wars)
President George Washington recalled Wayne from civilian life in order to lead an expedition in the Northwest Indian War, which up to that point had been a disaster for the United States. Many American Indians in the Northwest Territory had sided with the British in the Revolutionary War. In the Treaty of Paris (1783) that had ended the conflict, the British had ceded this land to the United States. The Indians, however, had not been consulted, and resisted annexation of the area by the United States. A confederation of Miami, Shawnee, Delaware (Lenape), and Wyandot Indians achieved major victories over U.S. forces in 1790 and 1791 under the leadership of Blue Jacket of the Shawnees and Little Turtle of the Miamis. They were encouraged (and supplied) by the British, who had refused to evacuate British fortifications in the region, as called for in the Treaty of Paris.
Washington placed Wayne in command of a newly-formed military force called the "Legion of the United States." Wayne established a basic training facility at Legionville to prepare professional soldiers for his force. He then dispatched a force to Ohio to establish Fort Recovery as a base of operations.
Chief Little Turtle, presumed leader of the Native American coalition, warned that General Wayne "never sleeps" and that defeat by him was inevitable. He counseled negotiation rather than battle. Perhaps for this reason, Blue Jacket was chosen to lead the Native warriors in battle. On August 20, 1794, Wayne mounted an assault on Blue Jacket's confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, just south of present-day Toledo, Ohio, which was a decisive victory for the U.S. forces, ending the war. Although a relatively small skirmish, many warriors were disheartened and abandoned the camp. Soon after, the British abandoned their Northwest Territory forts in the Jay Treaty. Wayne then negotiated the Treaty of Greenville between the tribal confederacy and the United States, which was signed on August 3, 1795.
Wayne died of complications from gout during a return trip to Pennsylvania from a military post in Detroit, and was buried at Fort Presque Isle (now Erie, Pennsylvania). His body was disinterred in 1809 and, after boiling the body to remove the remaining flesh where the modern Wayne Blockhouse stands, was relocated to the family plot in St. David’s Episcopal Church Cemetery in Radnor, Pennsylvania. A legend says that many bones were lost along the roadway that encompasses much of modern PA-322, and that every January 1st (Wayne's birthday), his ghost wanders the highway searching for his lost bones. Sorta Spooky! Sorry for taking so long!
woa, i think that breaks the record for longest comment ever! that is like longer than my last four posts put toghether!
SORRY! I thought you all wanted to know about Antonius Wayne.
NO! i did want to learn, and that was really cool, as well as the danford history
Oh.
Sorry again!
Ok, sorry about the randomness, but i had a dream last night that tim and i had a due, and we qualifyed for nationals and my parents were mad cause they didnt want to go and i couldnt go anyway cause time was qualifyed with holly and i didnt even know what our due was!!!!!!!!! whew!
Wait what? That would be knida fun though...
Wierd! If you were to Qualify, It would be in your Expos, not a fake duo. I which You Qualified in Expos, Same with Michelle, They were great speechs.*
*I TOLD YOU AT CHAT! IT'S RIGGED! THE SPEECH GODS HATE US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWEET! Actually you told me about this a few weeks ago, but I enjoyed reading it! Thanks for the history tim. I would also like to tell everyone that Tim does not only have a military backround, but his great great grandfather (Right?) made the Twinky. If my Great, Great Grandfather did that, I would post about that... But of course that's just me:).
Nice Post
Thrawn
Love the song Tim.
Twinkies?
I think I like ding-dongs better....
But anyway....You can catagorize this post with ancient history pretty soon;.... is anyone here obseessed with blogging as much as I am????
I just have too much time on my hands...pathetic.
Does everyone know what time it has become?
TIME FOR XANATOS TO MAKE A NEW POST!!!
He is most likely busy
Isn't that always it
There is nothing interesting going on right now...
You JUST came back from nationals, that should be interesting to post on! But you don't have to.
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Sorry testing somthing with the commenting systm
Dont try to use my account Patrick!
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