Led by the impetuous General Nathaniel Lyon, Union forces pursued retreating Confederates across southwestern Missouri in the summer of 1861. At Wilson’s Creek, Lyon caught up with the enemy on aptly named Bloody Hill.   More »

U.S. Dragoons provided a mounted wing of the Army. In 1834, they undertook a dangerous maiden journey across the West.   More »

After Lord Cornwallis withdrew the bulk of his British forces following the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781, American General Nathanael Greene moved his Continental forces against the remaining British occupiers in South Carolina.   More »

Eager to end the agony at Valley Forge, General George Washington broke camp in the spring of 1778 and began following the British army from Philadelphia into New Jersey. It was a near disaster for the Patriots.   More »

A long-simmering rebellion by Canadians against British rule in the 1830s almost embroiled the United States into a third war with Great Britain.   More »

Andrew Jackson and his hard-bitten Tennessee militia would inflict a deadly retribution at Horseshoe Bend.   More »

At Magersfontein, the famous Scottish Highland Brigade marched into a “slaughterhouse” of fire by Boer marksmen.   More »

When Hitler invaded Russia in 1941, he expected a swift victory. At Stalingrad his troops ran headlong into Russias best commander: General Winter.   More »

A Swedish-led Protestant army marched to the rescue of Nordlinger. But first it would have to pry the Catholic enemy from heights above the city.   More »

New York City-born William Alexander served the patriot cause during the Revolution as the “Rebel Earl,” Lord Stirling.   More »