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.
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Battle of Jonesborough near Atlanta
As the Atlanta Campaign ground on, Union forces under Major General William T.
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.
Battle of Lookout Mountain
In the Civil War, Union forces fighting to break the Confederate siege of Chattanooga turned toward a steep, fog-shrouded height locals called Lookout Mountain.
Battle of Missionary Ridge
The day after Lookout Mountain, Union forces turned against the main Confederate positions east of Chattanooga, dug in along Missionary Ridge.
Battle of Mogadishu begins
In the narrow streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, an American special operations raid on October 3rd, 1993 turned into one of the most intense urban fights United States forces had faced since Vietnam.
Battle of North Anna
The following spring in Virginia, Grant and Robert E. Lee continued their brutal series of maneuvers and battles known as the Overland Campaign. After the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, Grant again tried to sidestep Lee’s army by pushing southeast toward the North Anna River and the rail lines that supplied Richmond. On May 23rd, 1864, Union forces moved to cross the river at several points, only to find Confederate tr
Battle of Ormoc Bay, Philippines
On December 7th, 1944, as Americans marked the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor, United States forces fought a different battle tied to that first “day of infamy.” Off the Philippine island of Leyte, United States Navy destroyers, escorts, and aircraft struck Japanese…
Battle of Plattsburgh
As peace negotiations played out in Europe, British commanders attempted a major invasion down the Lake Champlain corridor, hoping to carve off parts of northern New York and influence the terms of any treaty.
Battle of Port Royal Sound
As the Civil War entered its first winter, Union planners sought a deep-water harbor along the Confederate coast to support a tightening blockade.
Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Two days later on the calendar, December 7th, 1862, saw blue and gray forces collide in the hills near Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
Battle of Princeton
The very next morning, January 3rd, 1777, Washington’s army appeared on the British flank near Princeton, New Jersey, in a bold march that outmaneuvered Cornwallis.
Battle of Sadr City
A story of exposed convoys, hidden fighters, and the soldiers and medics who kept moving through an urban kill zone.
Battle of San Juan Hill
A story of volunteers and regulars climbing into rifle fire together and how that charge reshaped America’s sense of modern war.
Battle of Stones River begins
As the year 1862 closed, Union fortunes looked dim after setbacks in Virginia, but in central Tennessee a different story was beginning.
Battle of the Chateauguay
In the fall of the War of 1812, American planners hoped to capture Montreal by sending a column up the Châteauguay River in Lower Canada.