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 ...

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

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 ...

Meanwhile, the service decommissioned three cruisers in recent months: the Leyte Gulf, the Cowpens, and the Antietam ... is ...

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

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 of Droop Mountain during the Civil War was an infamous and bloody mark on the history of a newly formed state.

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

The origin of the so-called Battle of the Oranges dates back to medieval times and is said to commemorate the day the townsfolk were liberated from the harsh rule of an evil duke. The legend goes ...

“Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War,” the latest contribution from Civil War and Abraham Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo, is filled with ...