![]() ![]() ![]() Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, widely regarded as the "father of guerrilla warfare" of his time, devised the Fabian strategy which was used to great effect against Hannibal's army during the Second Punic War. Guerrilla warfare was not unique to China nomadic and migratory tribes such as the Scythians, Goths, Vandals, and Huns used elements of guerrilla warfare to fight the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, and Alexander the Great. The earliest description of guerrilla warfare is an alleged battle between Emperor Huang and the Myan people (Miao) in China. Tennessee State Museum Collection, 76.General and strategist Sun Tzu, in his The Art of War (6th century BC), was one of the first proponents of the use of guerrilla warfare. He was captured and spent a year in a British prison in Canada. A portrait of James Winchester who was a brigadier general briefly in charge of the Army of the Northwest at the beginning of the War of 1812.A cameo portrait of Andrew Jackson is below the image along with a description of the battle. An engraving entitled "A Correct View of the Battle Near the City of New Orleans." The print shows the battlefield scene with British officers around mortally wounded British General Edward Pakenham.This image was created in 1903 and is the artist's idea of what the battle was like. 8, 1815." The print shows Jackson in the middle surrounded by his militia looking out at the fighting. An engraving entitled "The Battle of New Orleans, Jan.A painting showing the confrontation between the HMS Leopard and the USS Chesapeake in 1807 when the Leopard, a British ship, fired on the Chesapeake.From "Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present," Library of Congress It is entitled " Major General Andrew Jackson, President of the United States." James B. An engraving of the Thomas Sully painting of Andrew Jackson in uniform.In addition, the war produced a new set of younger American heroes, the most important of whom was Andrew Jackson. The War of 1812 ended in 1815 with little being gained by either the British or the Americans. Even so, America felt as it had stood off the British for a second time. ![]()
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