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Four months after the American declaration of war against the United Kingdom the first major battle of the war took place. The American strategy was...

Once the War of 1812 broke out, the British Royal Navy gained naval supremacy over Lake Erie. As such, the British forces in Canada easily crossed...

In late December of 1780 or early January 1781, British Lieutenant Colonel John Watson Tadwell Watson ordered the construction of a fort to help...

On April 13, 1780, the British attacked the Patriot army stationed on the outskirts of Charles Town at Monck’s Corner. This attack was part of a wider...

Alongside New Market Heights, the assault on Fort Harrison formed the second distinct stage at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, itself part of the...

In the spring of 1863, Union colonel Abel Streight set out from Nashville, under orders from General William S. Rosecrans to target railroads and...

By the spring of 1864, the Federal high command set forth a plan to bring pressure across the whole of the Southern Confederacy. Overall Union...

The Battle of Morton’s Ford, though it was really more of a large skirmish, was the brainchild of General Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts, a man not...