July 4, 1776 How Congress Edited Jefferson’s Declaration

Yorktown 1781: Washington's Masterstroke That Won Independence

Valley Forge: Washington’s Army Starved, Froze—But Never Quit (Dec 19, 1777)

December 16, 1773 — Boston Tea Party's Secret 342 Chests Dumped in One Defiant Night

March 25, 1911 — Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Kills 146 Workers in New York City

April 18, 1775 — Paul Revere Reaches Lexington and Warns Hancock and Adams

September 10, 1813 — Oliver Hazard Perry Wins the Battle of Lake Erie

June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth Union Troops Announce Emancipation in Texas

July 13, 1863 — New York City Draft Riots When America’s Largest City Turned on Itself

April 27, 1865 — The Sultana Explosion Deadliest Maritime Disaster in U S History

April 14, 1865 — Booth Shoots Lincoln America Stunned Overnight

May 2, 1863 — Jackson’s flank march slams Union lines at Chancellorsville

June 20, 1863 — West Virginia is admitted; the Union gains a new state

November 25, 1863 — Union troops storm Missionary Ridge, breaking Bragg’s army

July 11, 1864 — Early strikes Fort Stevens; Washington itself comes under fire

April 16, 1862 — Farragut runs past forts, seizing New Orleans by river assault

April 12, 1861 — Fort Sumter is shelled; the Civil War begins

May 14, 1804 — Lewis & Clark 33 Explorers Begin an 8,000 Mile Journey Into the Unknown

April 19, 1775 — Lexington 77 Colonial Militia Confront British Regulars as the Revolution Begins

April 30, 1803 — Jefferson Doubles America with Louisiana Purchase

March 22, 1765 – The Stamp Act: Parliament Taxes America Without Consent

Hidden Intimacies: Private Lives During the American Civil War

King Philip’s War: The Deadliest Colonial War

September 19, 1676 — Bacon's Rebellion: Armed Colonists Storm Jamestown, Defy Royal Authority

May 26, 1637 — Pequot Conflict- Colonial Forces Destroy a Village, Reshape New England Forever

November 11, 1620 — Mayflower Compact 41 Pilgrims Create America's First Self Governing Pact

May 14, 1607—Jamestown: First English Settlement Faces Brutal Starvation — Survival Against All Odds

January 17, 1991—Operation Desert Storm: The Swift U.S. Assault That Broke Saddam Hussein’s Defenses

June 26, 1948 — Berlin Airlift: The U.S. Operation That Saved a Blockaded City from Soviet Control

December 16, 1944 — Battle of the Bulge Begins Germany’s Final Major Push to Change the Course of th

Operation Rolling Thunder: The Start of Massive U.S. Bombing Campaigns Against North Vietnam

June 7, 1942 Victory at Midway Pivotal Air Battle That Turned the Pacific War

March 9, 1916 — Pancho Villa’s Raid on Columbus A Daring Attack on American Soil That Shocked the Na

May 10, 1865—Arrest of Jefferson Davis: The Moment That Finally Crushed the Confederacy’s Last Hopes

August 1814, Burning of Washington: How British Forces Broke U.S. Defenses and Destroyed the Capital

September 13,1759 Capture of Quebec How American Colonies Changed the Course of the Seven Years’ War

September 8, 1863 — Sabine Pass 47 Texans Repel Union Naval Assault and Halt the Gulf Invasion

Bethel Church, 1861 — The First Confederate Victory That Ignited the Civil War

Atlanta Falls Sherman Destroys the Last Supply Line at Jonesboro

April 2, 1865, Five Forks — Union Cavalry Shatters Lee's Right Flank, Petersburg Evacuation Starts

August 5, 1864, Mobile Bay — Farragut's Fleet Charges Mined Waters, Victory Declared Historical

March 8, 1862, Hampton Roads — CSS Virginia Sinks Wooden Ships, Ironclads Transform Naval War

January 15, 1865, Fort Fisher — Porter's Naval Bombardment, Infantry Takes Confederate Port

September 19, 1863, Chickamauga — Longstreet's Ambush Crushes Rosecrans' Union Army Battle

June 3, 1864, Cold Spring Cavalry Raid — Confederate Forces Burn Union Supply Depot in New York

May 28, 1862, Drewry's Bluff — Virginia's Confederate Guns Stop Union's Ironclad Fleet Advance

April 19, 1864 Plymouth Confederate Ram CSS Albemarle Sinks USS Southfield Fort Recaptured

May 15, 1864 New Market 257 VMI Cadets Charge Union Artillery Youngest Soldiers Win the Battle

July 1863: Morgan's Great Raid | 1,000 Confederate Cavalry Cross the Ohio River Into Enemy Territory

May 3 4, 1862 Yorktown McClellan's 100,000 Man Army Forces Johnston's Evacuation Without Battle

February 8, 1862 Roanoke Island Burnside's Amphibious Assault Captures 2,500 Confederate Defenders

Aug 22–25,1862—Rappahannock Station: Mosby’s 43 Rangers Capture Union Supply Train and 300 Prisoners

May 23, 1862 Lewisburg General Cox's 2,300 Men Defeat Confederate Force in West Virginia Mountains

September 17,1862 Dunker Church: Stonewall Jackson's Corps Holds Against 3 Union Attacks at Antietam

Fredericksburg: Burnside Orders 14 Frontal Assaults Up Marye's Heights | Lee's Stone Wall Defense

Navigation Act of 1651 — England restricts colonial trade to English ships; Dutch rivalry ignites

Spanish–American War 1898 — the ‘Maine’ explodes; U S victories reshape Cuba and the Philippines

Election of 1800 — first partisan transfer of power; the 12th Amendment rewrites elections

Manhattan Project 1942–1945 — Los Alamos builds the bomb; science reshapes the war’s end

Alaska Purchase 1867 — ‘Seward’s Purchase’ at $7 2M opens U S reach to the Arctic and Pacific