When night fell, the Union flags waved in triumph on the field of Gettysburg, but over 30,000 men lay dead or wounded, strewn through wood and meadow, on field and hill, where the three days' fight had surged.
Read moreAccording to Henry Cabot Lodge, General Ulysses S. Grant's campaign against Vicksburg was the most brilliant single campaign of the Civil War.
Read moreAlso known as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac, the Battle of Hampton Roads during the Civil War was the first battle between ironclad warships.
Read moreWritten by Theodore Roosevelt | To guard one's own flag against capture is the pride, to capture the flag of one's enemy the ambition, of every valiant soldier.
Read moreThe Battle of Mobile Bay marked a victory for the Union during the Civil War, and is best remembered for Rear Admiral Farragut's successful maneuver through a minefield, and his famous command, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead".
Read more"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."
Read moreUlysses S. Grant's appointment to the Military Academy at West Point not only altered the course of his life, it changed his name.
Read moreIn September 1814, in the Portuguese port of Fayal, of the Azores, a crew of American privateersmen defended the brig General Armstrong against an overwhelming British force.
Read moreWritten by Theodore Roosevelt | In the War of 1812 the little American Navy, including only a dozen frigates and sloops of war, won a series of victories against the English.
Read moreThe Battle of New Orleans was fought between the British and American Army (led by future president Andrew Jackson) in January 1815, shortly after the War of 1812 had ended.
Read moreThe Battle of Trenton was a crucial battle during the American Revolution. After crossing the Delaware River the night prior to the attack, General George Washington and his Continental Army fought Hessians garrisoned at Trenton, New Jersey on the morning of December 26, 1776.
Read moreTo sketch the life of Washington is to write the history of the events which made the United States independent and gave birth to the American nation.
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