The Ironsides were the Parliamentarian cavalry during the English Civil War. Cavalry: mounted soldiers who fight on horseback, usually with sabres or lances
Parliamentarian: the forces opposing King Charles I and his royalist forces.
Oliver Cromwell who was a Colonel of Horse before going on to be a Lieutenant General of Horse and then the commanding the New Model army then becoming Lord Protector.
Ironsides refers to the armour he wore during the civil war
Roundheads
Second English Civil War happened in 1648-02.
Ironsides was a popular nickname. Possibly for their armor or disicipline They were opposed by the Royalist Cavaliers. (Who were not known for their discipline)
the american civil war
Ironsides refers to the armour he wore during the civil war
Old Ironsides had cannon balls bounce off the sides. The USS Constitution fought the Barbary pirates, served in the War of 1812, and was a training ship for the Naval Academy in the Civil War.
The ship USS Constitution got the nickname Old Ironsides because the ship had iron plating in the hull. The ship was used during the Civil War.
The New Model Army. Heavy cavalry were called Ironsides, and in general Parliamentary forces were called Roundheads.
No English King was executed after the English Civil War. The execution of King Charles I occurred during the Civil War.
No - the English had nothing to do with the American Civil War.
Third English Civil War happened in 1649.
Wars are usually named after the winner of that war. Due to the fact that the war is called the English Civil War the English won the war.
War of the Roses was the civil war, it can be confused with the Hundred Years War, but the Hundred Years war had to do with England and France which is not civil to the English.
A civil war is a war between factions in the samecountry.The English Civil war was a war between the royalists(supporters of the king) and parliamentarians(supporters of the parliament).
Roundheads
Second English Civil War happened in 1648-02.