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The Battle of Nashville (15-16 December 1864) was the last major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). After suffering a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Franklin...

The American invasion of Quebec (September 1775-June 1776) was a military campaign undertaken during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Hoping to induce the Province of Quebec to join the rebellion, the Second...

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, statesman, and military strategist who became the only Native American leader of the Plains Indians to win a war against the United States. Red Cloud's War (1866-1868...

General William T. Sherman and Commissioners in Council with Sioux Chiefs at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, signing the Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868, ending Red Cloud's War. Native Americans are seated on the ground, commissioners...

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, photograph by Judson McCranie, 11 October 2009. Shown here is Fort Sumter, a notable location in US history that marked the beginning of the American Civil War. It is now...

Aerial view of the Roman fort Apsarus, located in western Georgia, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Batumi near the Turkish border. Established on the left bank of the mouth of the Chorokhi River in the 1st...

Remains of the commanding officer's residence at the Roman fort of Apsarus in modern-day Georgia. The fort (known today as the Gonio Fortress) is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Batumi near the Turkish border...

The communal toilets at the Housesteads Roman fort (Vercovicium) are the finest preserved latrine from Roman Britain. The latrine was located at the lowest point of the fort and was fed by water from the adjacent...

A map showing the layout of Fort Ticonderoga (known as Fort Carillon at the time) in 1758, around the time of the Battle of Carillon. Map restored by Matt Wade.

The external baths at Chesters Roman Fort are one of Britain's best-preserved Roman military buildings. They are located outside the fort close to the River Tyne and are of Hadrianic date (117-138 CE) with many later additions...