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Battle of Jiangnan (1856)

Index Battle of Jiangnan (1856)

The First rout of the Jiangnan Battalion took place between 1853 and 1856 when the Qing government raised the Green Standard Army to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. [1]

27 relations: Artillery, Battle of Jiangnan (1860), China, Danyang, Jiangsu, Draft History of Qing, Governor, Green Standard Army, Imperial Commissioner (China), Jiangbei, Meizhou, Jiangnan, Jiangsu, Jirhangga, Killed in action, Li Xiucheng, Lieutenant general, Militia, Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing, Qin Rigang, Qing dynasty, Regular army, Second Opium War, Shi Dakai, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Xiang Rong, Yang Xiuqing, Zhang Guoliang.

Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Battle of Jiangnan (1860)

The Battle of Jiangnan in 1860, also known as the Second Rout of the Jiangnan Army Group (18571860) was a battle between the Qing government's Green Standard Army and the army of the Taiping Rebellion.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Danyang, Jiangsu

Danyang is a county-level city located on the southwest (right) bank of the Yangtze River, and is under the administration of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China.

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Draft History of Qing

The Draft History of Qing is a draft of the official history of the Qing dynasty compiled and written by a team of over 100 historians led by Zhao Erxun who were hired by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China.

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Governor

A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state.

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Green Standard Army

The Green Standard Army (Manchu: niowanggiyan turun i kūwaran) was the name of a category of military units under the control of Qing dynasty China.

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Imperial Commissioner (China)

Imperial Commissioner (Manchu: hese i takūraha amban) was a high-ranking government official or military general commissioned by the emperor of China during the late Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441911) dynasties. His power was just below that of the emperor, such that he could command viceroys and provincial governors by imperial edict.

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Jiangbei, Meizhou

Jiangbei is a district (qu, 区) in the Municipal region of Meizhou, Guangdong.

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Jiangnan

Jiangnan or Jiang Nan (sometimes spelled Kiang-nan, literally "South of the river") is a geographic area in China referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including the southern part of its delta.

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Jiangsu

Jiangsu, formerly romanized as Kiangsu, is an eastern-central coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

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Jirhangga

Jirhangga (Manchu:; Chinese: 吉爾杭阿; also known as Koer-hanger in English) (? – June 1, 1856) belonged to Bordered Yellow Banner.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces.

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Li Xiucheng

Li Xiucheng (1823 – August 7, 1864) was a military commander during the Taiping Rebellion.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai).

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Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum

The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is the tomb of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty.

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Nanjing

Nanjing, formerly romanized as Nanking and Nankin, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China and the second largest city in the East China region, with an administrative area of and a total population of 8,270,500.

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Qin Rigang

Qin Rigang (秦日綱, 1821–1856), né Qin Richang(秦日昌), was a Hakka military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, known during his military tenure as the King of Yen (燕王).

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.

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Regular army

A regular army is the official army of a state or country (the official armed forces), contrasting with irregular forces, such as volunteer irregular militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc.

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Second Opium War

The Second Opium War (第二次鴉片戰爭), the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the United Kingdom and the French Empire against the Qing dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860.

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Shi Dakai

Shi Dakai (March 1831 – 25 June 1863), born in Guigang, Guangxi, also known as Wing King or phonetically translated as Yi-Wang, was one of the most highly acclaimed leaders in the Taiping Rebellion and a poet.

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Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, officially the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, was an oppositional state in China from 1851 to 1864, supporting the overthrow of the Qing dynasty by Hong Xiuquan and his followers.

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Xiang Rong

Xiang Rong (18019August 1856) born in Wuxi County, Chongqing, was a general promoted from the rank of a foot soldier during the later years of the Qing dynasty (16111912).

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Yang Xiuqing

Yang Xiuqing (died September 2/3, 1856), was an organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion.

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Zhang Guoliang

Zhang Guoliang (1810 - April 1860), born in Guangdong, was a Field Marshal for the Qing dynasty.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jiangnan_(1856)

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