Russian Earthworks at the Battle of Borodino
•February 9, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Russian earthworks and fieldworks, although hastily constructed, played a crucial role in the Battle of Borodino. More »
•February 9, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Russian earthworks and fieldworks, although hastily constructed, played a crucial role in the Battle of Borodino. More »
•January 24, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet faced a daunting task trying to dislodge Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Federals from Knoxville, Tennessee. More »
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Spaniard Bernardo de Galvez besieged British-held Pensacola in 1781. It fell to Scotsman John Campbell to defend the remote outpost. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Emperor Napoleon achieved a decisive victory over Count Bennigsen’s Russians in June 1807, redeeming the Grand Armee after its setback at Eylau. More »
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Ulysses S. Grant altered the course of the war in the west for the Union Army in February 1862 with the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson. More »
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John Maxwell placed a bomb aboard a cargo ship at City Point in August 1864 in a desperate bid to slow the flow of supplies to Union troops at Petersburg. More »
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The Japanese Army fought desperately along New Guinea’s Driniumor River. More »
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Ulysses S. Grant would later admit that Cold Harbor was the one battle he “would not fight again.” Many federal soldiers who survived would agree. More »
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The five-month campaign by the U.S. Army in 1847 to capture Mexico City pitted Winfield Scott against Antonio de Santa Anna. More »
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General Wheeler used his cavalry effectively against the Union army in the western theater. More »
