Battle of Franklin
Only a day after the horror at Sand Creek, another grim chapter unfolded in Tennessee when Confederate General John Bell Hood hurled his Army of Tennessee against fortified Union lines near Franklin.
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Battle of Fredericksburg
On December 13th, 1862, the Army of the Potomac under Major General Ambrose Burnside hurled wave after wave of Union soldiers against Confederate positions at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Battle of Germantown
In the autumn of the Philadelphia campaign, George Washington gambled on a complex, pre-dawn attack against British forces encamped at Germantown, northwest of the occupied capital.
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg brought the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac into a three-day battle shaped by terrain, reinforcement, and local decisions. This overview connects the opening encounter, both flanks, Cemetery Ridge, the cavalry actions, and the human aftermath.
Battle of Glendale
As the Peninsula Campaign turned sour for the Union in the summer of 1862, the Army of the Potomac tried to slip away toward the James River, its supply line and safety. On June 30th, 1862, near the crossroads at Glendale and the woods around Frayser’s Farm, Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee launched a complex attack meant to cut the retreating Union column in two.
Battle of Great Bridge
Early in the Revolutionary War, control of the Tidewater region of Virginia hinged on a narrow causeway at Great Bridge, south of Norfolk.
Battle of Groton Heights in Connecticut
Near the end of the Revolutionary War, British forces raided the harbor town of New London, Connecticut, to burn supplies and shipping that supported the American cause.
Battle of Hamburger Hill
A story of a grinding hill assault, exhausted rifle companies, and a single ridge that reshaped the war back home.
Battle of Huế
A story of street-to-street fighting, shattered assumptions, and how one city battle reshaped the Vietnam War.
Battle of Ia Drang
A story of air cavalry, hidden armies, and a brutal valley fight that previewed the grinding war still to come.
Battle of Inchon
A story of a risky harbor landing, brutal tides, and how it broke a grinding stalemate in Korea.
Battle of Iwo Jima
A story of a volcanic ridge, two flags in the wind, and a fight that reshaped the Pacific war’s final months.
Battle of Jonesborough begins
On August 31st, 1864, after months of maneuver and fighting around Atlanta, William Tecumseh Sherman turned his army’s weight against the rail junction at Jonesborough.
Battle of Jonesborough near Atlanta
As the Atlanta Campaign ground on, Union forces under Major General William T.
Battle of Kasserine Pass
A story of a painful first defeat and how it forced a new army to relearn leadership, tactics, and trust in combat.
Battle of Kings Mountain
Three years later and hundreds of miles to the south, another October 7th saw frontier riflemen climbing a steep Carolina ridge toward Loyalist breastworks on Kings Mountain.
Battle of Lake Erie
On this day in the War of 1812, Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry led a hastily built American squadron against a British flotilla on Lake Erie.
Battle of Long Island
On August 27th, 1776, British forces struck the Continental Army positions on the heights and fields around Brooklyn in the first major battle after the Declaration of Independence.