At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we have world-class expertise in diagnosing and treating these and other rare blood disorders. Polycythemia Vera. This slow-developing disease occurs when bone marrow produces too many red blood cells, which can lead to thickening of the blood.
However, this is a generalisation and there were noblemen who supported Parliament and there were towns such as Newark that supported Charles. The first major battle of the English Civil War was at Edge Hill. While both sides claimed success, there was no decisive result from this battle. The following year, 1643, saw a series of smaller battles that were equally as indecisive in the sense that neither side dealt a fatal blow to the other.
A skirmish involving over 3,000 soldiers, Philippi was the first battle of the American Civil War. Big Bethel. The skirmish of Big Bethel was the first land battle of the civil war and was a portent of the carnage that was to come.