Battle for Henderson Field
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Battle of Allatoona Pass
In the aftermath of the fall of Atlanta during the Civil War, Confederate forces tried to strike back not by retaking the city, but by severing the Union army’s lifelines.
Battle of Antietam
A story of a blood-soaked cornfield, a shallow creek, and a battle that reshaped the Union’s war.
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
In the Civil War's Eastern Theater, September 17th, 1862 brought the single bloodiest day in American military history along Antietam Creek in Maryland.
Battle of Assunpink Creek
In the winter following the disastrous losses around New York, George Washington’s army clung to survival around Trenton.
Battle of Atlanta
Three years later and hundreds of miles to the west, another July battle marked a turning point in the struggle to save the Union. Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood launched a bold, flanking assault against Major General William T. Sherman’s forces, hoping to catch Union troops off balance and drive them away from the city.
Battle of Bad Axe
On a wooded bluff above the Mississippi River in what is now Wisconsin, the Black Hawk War came to a bloody end. A small band of Sauk and Meskwaki people led by Black Hawk was trying to recross the river after months of pursuit by United States regulars and militia. At Bad Axe, soldiers, volunteers, and a river steamboat opened fire on warriors, women, and children crowded along the shore and in canoes.
Battle of Ball’s Bluff
Early in the Civil War, the Union still believed a quick, aggressive push might bring the rebellion to a close.
Battle of Belleau Wood
A story of a desperate stand in the woods and how it changed the wider war.
Battle of Bennington
On August 16th, 1777, American militia under Brigadier General John Stark struck a British foraging column near Bennington in what is now Vermont. The British force, made up of German auxiliaries and Loyalists, had been sent out from General Burgoyne’s main army to gather supplies and horses for the invasion toward Albany.
Battle of Big Bethel
Early in the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Big Bethel Church in southeastern Virginia in one of the first significant land battles of the conflict. On June 10th, 1861, mostly inexperienced Union volunteers attempted a night march and dawn attack against Confederate positions but suffered from confusing orders, difficult terrain, and misidentification of friendly units.
Battle of Boydton Plank Road
In the autumn of the Petersburg Campaign, Union commanders launched a series of flanking offensives aimed at severing the rail and wagon routes that kept Robert E.
Battle of Brandy Station
Just two years later, cavalrymen of the Union and Confederacy collided near Brandy Station, Virginia in what became the largest mounted battle ever fought in North America. On June 9th, 1863, Union cavalry crossed the Rappahannock River in a surprise attack aimed at probing Confederate movements as Robert E. Lee’s army shifted north toward Pennsylvania. Throughout the day, sabers and carbines flashed across fields an
Battle of Buena Vista
By February 23rd, 1847, the Battle of Buena Vista in northern Mexico had reached its decisive phase. General Zachary Taylor’s outnumbered American force, including U.S. regulars and state volunteer regiments, faced a much larger army led by Santa Anna along a series of ridges and arroyos near Saltillo. The terrain allowed the Americans to anchor their line, but Santa Anna probed for weak points all day, at times driv
Battle of Bull Run
Just outside Manassas, Virginia, the first major land battle of the Civil War tore away any illusion of a quick, clean victory. Union forces under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell marched out from Washington hoping to strike inexperienced Confederate troops and end the rebellion in a single blow. Instead they found determined opposition and a battlefield that quickly grew chaotic, with brigades feeding in piecemeal a
Battle of Bunker Hill
The day after Washington accepted his new burden, militiamen outside Boston met the British army in one of the Revolution’s most famous early battles. Though remembered as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting raged on nearby Breed’s Hill, where colonial forces hastily fortified a position overlooking the harbor. British commanders, determined to break the rebel grip on the peninsulas around Boston, launche
Battle of Cambrai
Before sunrise on November 20, 1917, the British attack began without the usual warning. There was no long preliminary bombardment to announce that an offensive was coming. No days of shellfire tearing the battlefield apart in advance. Instead, the opening movement at Cambrai depended on secrecy, timing, and the strange mechanical presence of hundreds of tanks moving toward the German line.
Battle of Camden
Three years later to the day, August 16th, 1780, the Continental Army suffered one of its worst defeats at Camden, South Carolina. Major General Horatio Gates led a hastily assembled army of Continentals and militia against a seasoned British force under Lord Cornwallis. Marching through swampy country on poor rations, many of Gates’s men were already in bad condition before the battle even began.