american civil war was the bloodiest war of the civil war.
american civil war was the bloodiest war of the civil war.
what was the bloodiest war of the civil war?
american civil war
jacob c. higgins (1826–1893) was a native commander of pennsylvania troops who participated in both major military conflicts of his time, the mexican–american war and the american civil war. among his civil war commands, he guided the 125th pennsylvania infantry regiment under heavy fire during the 'bloodiest day in american history' at the battle of antietam and likewise during the 'second bloodiest day of the civil war,' may 3, 1863, at the battle of chancellorsville. following the muster out and return home of the 125th pa, the gettysburg campaign sent cavalry under confederate general john d. imboden to threaten vital railroad resources at altoona and iron production facilities in the juniata river watershed; in response, emergency militia was organized by colonel higgins and minimized this northwestern incursion.
jacob c. higgins
at the end of the 7th century, the umayyad arabs entered into the area now known as afghanistan after decisively defeating the sassanid empire in nihawand. following this colossal defeat, the last sassanid emperor, yazdegerd iii, who became a hunted fugitive, fled eastward deep into central asia. in pursuing yazdegerd, the route the arabs selected to enter the area was from north-eastern iran and thereafter into herat where they stationed a large portion of their army before advancing toward eastern afghanistan. some arabs settled in these new areas and married locals while adopting new customs. other groups and contingents who elected not to settle gradually pushed eastwards but encountered resistance in areas surrounding bamiyan. when ultimately arriving at kabul, the arabs confronted the kabul shahan who had built a long defensive wall around the city. the bloodiest war in kabul was in chahardihi area where still tombs of arabs killed in that war exist in darulaman area. the most famous arab character killed in that war was shah-do shamshira, whose tomb is located near kabul river in asmayee st. one of the most famous commanders who fought against arab invaders is known as "mazangi". mazangi was in command at the battle of "asmayee" (kohi-sherdarwaza) where shah-do shamshira was killed. there is a number sights where arab invaders fought in kabul, but the bloodiest battle after asmayee was the battle of alwoden in the area known as darul aman today. the historical details of this battle remains largely unknown, though the arabs were nonetheless subdued in the long term.
history of arabs in afghanistan