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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie -- Oliver Perry's Miraculous Victory

With Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship dead in the water, the British had apparently won the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. But then the quick-thinking American commander turned the tables and snatched an astounding victory in the bloodiest naval fight of the War of 1812.

America's Civil War: Why the Irish Fought for the Union

Battle of Jena: Napoleon's Double Knock-out Punch

WAR OF 1812

War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie -- Oliver Perry Prevails
With Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship unable to fight, an outmatched British flotilla faced the prospect of a remarkable victory. But Perry only transferred his pennant to another ship and fought on.

	War of 1812: Turning Point at Fort Meigs
	War of 1812: Corps of Canadian Voyageurs

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NAPOLEONIC WARS

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Aspern-Essling
At the twin villages of Aspern and Essling in the spring of 1809, Napoleon was prepared for battle with Austrian Archduke Charles. He was halfway across the Danube... and then came the flood tide!

	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz
	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Battle of Gettysburg: Fighting at Little Round Top
The Battle of Gettysburg, and perhaps the fate of the Union, was decided in one hour of desperate fighting on the rocky ledges of Little Round Top.

	Battle of Chickamauga: Union Regulars Desperate Stand
	Battle of the Wilderness

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ANGLO-ZULU WAR

Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Hlobane
Colonel Henry Evelyn Wood had expected little trouble as his cavalry ascended Hlobane Mountain. What he got was a Zulu army, 22,000 men strong.

	Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Khambul
	Shaka: Zulu Chieftain

SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR

Theodore Roosevelt: Leading the Rough Riders During the Spanish-American War
In 1898, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt pushed hard for war with Spain. When it came, Teddy proved that he was ready, willing, and able to take part.

	Spanish-American War: Battle of Manila Bay -- Commodore Dewey's Victory
	Spanish-American War: Battle of San Juan Hill

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AMERICAN INDIAN WARS

Black Hawk War
Outnumbered and harried through trackless swamps, Black Hawk's starving band of Sauk Indians made a desperate stand along the Mississippi.

	Sand Creek Massacre
	Wounded Knee Massacre: United States versus the Plains Indians

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MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

Mexican War of Independence: Father Miguel Hidalgo's Revolt
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's revolt against the Spanish Crown became a horrific bloodbath that set five remarkable men of diverse backgrounds on a tragic collision course.

INDIAN MUTINY OF 1857

Indian Mutiny of 1857: Siege of Delhi
The British East India Company had been surprised by the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Soon, however, the Army of Retribution was on its way to take Delhi back.

MEXICAN - AMERICAN WAR

Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista
General, cried Brig. Gen. John Wool in despair, we are whipped! I know it, replied Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor, but the volunteers don't know it. Let them alone; we'll see what they do.

SATSUMA REBELLION

Satsuma Rebellion: Satsuma Clan Samurai Against the Imperial Japanese Army
In 1877, the samurai of Satsuma province and their reluctant leader, Takamori Saigo, hurled a final challenge at Japan's westernizing government.

AUSTRO - SARDINIAN WAR

Austro-Sardinian War
Combining such technical innovations as railroads and rifled firearms with Napoleonic-era tactics, French Emperor Napoleon III's short but bloody bid for glory even left the French emperor sickened, but it laid the foundation for a united Italy--and the International Red Cross.

MATABELE WAR

Second Matabele War
In 1896, the British colony of Rhodesia was swept by a wave of fear as Europeans and Africans clashed for the second time in three years.

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

Andrew Jackson: Leading the Battle of New Orleans
In January 1815, General Andrew Jackson led a menagerie of American defenders against some of the British Empire's finest soldiers in a battle that would determine the future of America.

ITALO - ABYSSINIAN WAR

First Italo-Abyssinian War: Battle of Adowa
Italian General Oreste Baratieri knew he was outnumbered. But he seriously underestimated his Ethiopian opponents -- and overestimated the merits of his own battle plan.

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