Second Battle of Sabine Pass
Along the Gulf Coast, Union planners sought to open a route into Texas by sending a naval expedition and troop transports toward Sabine Pass at the border with Louisiana.
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Second Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
One year after Valcour Island, American forces under General Horatio Gates and field leaders like Benedict Arnold clashed with General John Burgoyne’s army near Bemis Heights, south of Saratoga.
Second Bull Run, heavy Union assaults
On August 29th, 1862, Union forces under Major General John Pope hurled repeated attacks against Confederate positions near an unfinished railroad grade outside Manassas, Virginia.
Selective Training and Service Act signed into law
As war raged overseas but before the United States formally entered the Second World War, political leaders grappled with how to prepare a peacetime democracy for potential conflict.
Seoul recaptured in Korean War
Finally, on September 28th, 1950, United Nations forces led by General Douglas MacArthur, alongside South Korean troops, completed the recapture of Seoul during the Korean War.
Sergeant Alvin York’s action in the Argonne
In the closing weeks of the First World War, American units were grinding forward in the Meuse-Argonne offensive against deeply entrenched German defenses.
Sherman Begins the March to the Sea
On November 15th, 1864, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman led his Union army columns out of a largely destroyed Atlanta and turned them toward the Georgia coast.
Sherman captures Savannah, Georgia
On December 21st, 1864, Union forces under Major General William Tecumseh Sherman entered Savannah at the end of the famous March to the Sea.
Sherman’s “Christmas gift” telegram from Savannah
After cutting a swath across Georgia in the famous March to the Sea, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman captured the port city of Savannah in December 1864.
Siege lines open at Yorktown, Virginia
As autumn settled over Virginia in 1781, combined American and French armies under George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau began the methodical work of besieging Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7th, 1915, the British liner Lusitania approached the coast of Ireland, carrying civilians, including many American passengers, through waters patrolled by German submarines. When a German U-boat torpedoed the ship, the blast and a rapid list sent the liner under in a matter of minutes, leaving thousands in the water and claiming well over a thousand lives. Among the dead were American men, women, and children
Sinking of USS Reuben James
In the early hours of October 31st, 1941, the Clemson-class destroyer USS Reuben James was escorting a convoy near Iceland when a German submarine fired a spread of torpedoes into the formation.
Son Tay prison camp raid
As the Vietnam War dragged on, reports of American prisoners held deep inside North Vietnam weighed heavily on families, policymakers, and military planners.
South Carolina secedes from the Union
When delegates in South Carolina voted on December 20th, 1860 to leave the Union, they set in motion a crisis that would soon reshape the United States military.
SR-71 Blackbird
A story of speed, altitude, and evasion told through the crews and missions that defined it.
St. Clair’s Defeat on the Wabash
On this day a fledgling United States Army marched into disaster along the Wabash River in the Northwest Territory.
St. Mihiel offensive begins
Near the end of the First World War, the American Expeditionary Forces launched their first major offensive as a largely independent army against the German-held St.
Surrender at Saratoga
On this day General John Burgoyne’s British army laid down its arms to American forces near Saratoga, New York, ending a failed campaign to cut New England off from the other colonies.