click image for close-up After the revolutionary war, the Continental Congress awarded General Daniel Morgan a gold plaque for his victory at the Battle of Cowpens, which took place in January ...

Why no Cowpens crewman chose to report the outlandish ... It gives the navy a false impression of its seafaring and battle prowess. That’s the sort of thing that that might escape notice in ...

Morgan abided by these orders until the British discovered his tactics. He then prepared for direct confrontation at the Battle of the Cowpens in 1781 against Colonel Banastre Tarleton's British ...

On this Veterans Day, we recognize one of the most legendary battles in American military history. This incredible story of ...

These men, their capture and the fate of what became the “Lost Battalion” became one of the most harrowing stories of Texas ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge a month away, Army veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn will take center ...

When West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, the Civil War was still raging, meaning that even though it was no longer ...

The battle that ensued is known historically as the Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his ...

The two-week battle that followed, fought in brutally cold temperatures, is one of the most celebrated in Marine Corps annals.

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...

Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...