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.
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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.
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir begins
As the wider front buckled, the crisis in Korea intensified around the frozen Chosin Reservoir, where United States Marines and attached Army units held positions along mountain roads and ridges.
Battle of the Thames
During the War of 1812, control of the Great Lakes and the Old Northwest hinged on both naval power and fast-moving land campaigns.
Battle of Tippecanoe
Two decades later, another fight in the Old Northwest underscored the stakes of American expansion.
Battle of Trenton
A story of a winter river crossing, a worn-out army on the edge of defeat, and how one night’s gamble kept the Revolution alive.
Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain
On a cold October morning, a makeshift American flotilla under Benedict Arnold waited behind Valcour Island on Lake Champlain for a much larger British squadron sailing south from Canada.
Battle of Westport
By late 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price launched a sweeping mounted raid into Missouri, hoping to capture cities, inspire recruits, and shift attention from collapsing fronts elsewhere.
Beirut barracks bombing
Two decades later, American troops faced a different kind of threat while on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon.
Benedict Arnold and Major John André meet near West Point
Three years after Saratoga, one of its heroes met secretly with a British officer to betray the very cause he once championed.
Benedict Arnold’s treason exposed
Two days after André’s capture, events reached a crisis on September 25th, 1780, when General Washington traveled to inspect West Point and discovered that Benedict Arnold had fled.
Berlin Airlift concludes
In the early Cold War, the contest for Berlin became a test of whether the Western Allies could sustain a free city deep inside the Soviet occupation zone without surrendering to pressure.