17th – 18th Century
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:13 pm
An end run had put General Sir William Howe in position to take Philadelphia--but first he had to fight his way through General George Washington's Continental Army.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Posing as a gunsmith, British Sergeant John Howe served as General Gage's eyes in a restive Massachusetts colony.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Indian warriors killed hundreds of Virginia colonists during the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. Also among the victims were 20 women whose stories will never be fully told.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
The left prong of Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne's invasion of New York found itself caught up in a most costly sideshow.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
In some of the bloodiest fighting of the Revolutionary War, American and French troops failed to take Savannah.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
On the night of December 30, 1775, after months of hardship and perseverance against heavy odds, the forces of Brig. Gen. Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold were at last poised to take Quebec. Then a single British cannon shot caused their plan to unravel.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm
At Marston Moor in 1644, the English Civil War teetered for nearly two hours between decisive victory for Royalists or Roundheads.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Facing Maj. Gen. George Washington's army at Assunpink Creek on January 2, 1777, Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis expected to 'bag the fox' the following day, but the next morning brought an unpleasant surprise--the fox had vanished.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Three hundred thirty years ago, a great Indian chieftain known as King Philip led a strong native American confederation in a bloody war to obliterate the New England colonies, nearly succeeding in dramatically altering the course of American history.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
A six-and-a-half-foot-tall Hercules who wielded a six-foot-long broadsword, Peter Francisco was arguably the most remarkable soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
According to Paul Revere's account of his historic 1775ride, warning the countryside of the approach of theBritish was more a team effort than is generally realized.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Relying on cold steel and the cover of darkness, General Anthony Wayne's elite Light Corps seized British-held Stony Point, New York, in one of the most daring operations of the Revolutionary War.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:05 pm
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Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Minuteman Isaac Davis, shot by the British at Concord Bridge in April 1775, was one of the first to die in the cause of American Independence.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Rather than repeat Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock's disastrous march on Fort Duquesne through western Virginia in 1755, in 1758 Brig. Gen. John Forbes took a new route -- carved through the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania.
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