Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years: â Greenville, Texas. March 7, 2007. A 16-year-old male high school student fatally shot himself while in the band hallway area of the school around 7:15 a.m.ajor U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years: â Greenville, Texas. March 7, 2007. A 16-year-old male high school student fatally shot himself while in the band hallway area of the school around 7:15 a.m.
Andrew Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Jackson sought to clear the Mississippi Territory for American settlement. He commanded an army of Tennessee militia men, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force.
On February 14, 1862, Footeâs ironclads moved upriver to bombard Fort Donelson. The subsequent duel between Footeâs âPook Turtlesâ and the heavy guns at Fort Donelson led to a Union defeat on the Cumberland. Many of Footeâs ironclads were heavily damaged and Foote himself was wounded in the attack. Grantâs soldiers could hear the Confederate cheers as the Union gunboats retreated.