Battle of Chapultepec
During the Mexican–American War, United States forces under Major General Winfield Scott advanced on Mexico City, meeting fierce resistance at fortified positions west of the capital.
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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 Hamburger Hill
A story of a grinding hill assault, exhausted rifle companies, and a single ridge that reshaped the war back home.
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 Mobile Bay
By August 5th, 1864, Union forces had spent years tightening the naval blockade that ringed the Confederacy, but the port of Mobile, Alabama, still offered the South a gateway to the Gulf. On that morning, Admiral David G. Farragut led a column of Union wooden warships and ironclads past the minefields—then known as “torpedoes”—and fortifications guarding the narrow channel into Mobile Bay.
Battle of New Orleans
A story of a lopsided clash where earthworks, frontier rifles, and bad timing shattered a veteran British army and reshaped a young republic’s confidence.
Battle of Peleliu
The September 1944 landing on Peleliu secured an airfield but opened a much longer struggle against a deeply fortified island. Marine and Army operations continued into November, making the battle more than the familiar story of its first beaches.
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 Sailor’s Creek
On April 6, 1865, Union infantry and cavalry struck separated portions of Lee’s retreating army. The fights at Hillsman Farm, Marshall’s Crossroads and Lockett Farm inflicted losses the Confederates could not readily replace and brought the campaign nearer its conclusion.
Battle of Shiloh
At Pittsburg Landing along the Tennessee River, Confederate forces struck the encamped Union Army of the Tennessee in a surprise attack that opened one of the Civil War’s first truly massive battles. General Ulysses S. Grant’s troops had been gathering for an advance deeper into the Confederate heartland when General Albert Sidney Johnston launched a dawn assault.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
After the Wilderness, the armies fought for roads, salients and supply routes around Spotsylvania. The Bloody Angle was the most remembered episode, but the battle also included Laurel Hill, Heth’s Salient and later attempts to turn or break the defenses.
Battles of Fort Fisher
The failed December 1864 expedition and successful January 1865 assault were separate attempts to close Wilmington’s protected sea approach. This overview distinguishes bombardment, amphibious landings, naval and army assaults, and the later advance on Wilmington.
Cassin Young
The first explosions rolled across Pearl Harbor like distant thunder, then slammed into the harbor with terrifying clarity. On the repair ship USS Vestal, moored outboard of the battleship USS Arizona, Commander Cassin Young felt his ship shudder as bombs found their mark up and down the fleet. Men sprinted for their battle stations, the air already thick with smoke, the rising whine of diving aircraft cutting throug
Chapin’s Farm and New Market Heights
Union attacks on September 29 broke parts of Richmond’s outer defenses and brought Black troops into a costly assault at New Market Heights. The capture of Fort Harrison survived Lee’s counterattack, but the advance did not take Richmond.
Cienfuegos Cable-Cutting Action
On May 11, 1898, crews from Marblehead and Nashville worked close to the Cuban shore under fire to cut submarine cables. The operation damaged communications but did not establish complete isolation of the port.
Defense of Little Round Top
A story of a desperate hilltop stand, a fixed bayonet charge, and how it helped turn a Civil War invasion back.
Doolittle Raid
A story of a long-shot bombing raid, a borrowed carrier deck, and how one gamble shifted the course of a global war.
Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed
At the turn of the twentieth century, American leaders viewed an isthmian canal as essential to both commerce and naval strategy.