3 American Battles in Stop-motion

The battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776 when Gen. George Washington and his men marched into Trenton New Jersey after crossing the Delaware the night before. After a short battle about 900 of the 1,500 Hessians were captured along with food and other supplies. On the morning of January 8, 1815, the Americans were attacked by the British just outside of the town of New Orleans. Behind their fortifications, the Americans opened fire on the exposed British regulars. Suffering heavy casualties, the British soon retreated. The Battle of New Orleans was the last battle of the War of 1812. On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers poured out of the nearby woods and attacked the encamped Union soldiers. The overpowering Confederate attack drove the unprepared Union soldiers from their camps and threatened to overwhelm the entire Union Army of Tennessee. By afternoon the Union had regrouped and formed a battle line, known as the “Hornet's Nest.” Repeated Confederate attacks could not break through this line. By the next morning, the Union had been reinforced and launched a counterattack, overpowering the weakened Confederates. The two day battle at Shiloh produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history up to that time.