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Charles Cornwallis
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Charles Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, was a British military officer and statesman best known for surrendering to George Washington at the Siege of Yorktown, the final decisive engagement of the American Revolutionary...
Józef Poniatowski
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Józef Poniatowski

Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813) was a Polish soldier and patriot, who served as commander-in-chief of the Polish army during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). A steadfast ally of French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815), Poniatowski...
Anthony Wayne
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Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), better known by his nickname 'Mad Anthony', was a brigadier general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). After the war, he briefly served in Congress before resuming his military...
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House - An Orgy of Death at the Bloody Angle

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864) was a pivotal engagement in the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The battle saw some of the most intense fighting...
Battle of Cold Harbor
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Battle of Cold Harbor - The 20-Minute Assault That Caused 7,000 Union Casualties

The Battle of Cold Harbor (31 May to 12 June 1864) was the final major engagement of the Overland Campaign, the large-scale Union offensive into Virginia in the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It marked a devastating defeat...
Battle of the Wilderness
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Battle of the Wilderness - The Horrific Woodland Battle in the American Civil War

The Battle of the Wilderness (5-6 May 1864) was the opening engagement of the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive conducted during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It saw the Union Army of the Potomac, under Ulysses...
Battle of Gazala
Article by Mark Cartwright

Battle of Gazala - Rommel's Greatest Victory

The Battle of Gazala in Libya in May-June 1942 was a decisive victory for German and Italian forces led by General Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) against British, Commonwealth, and Free French forces during the Western Desert Campaigns (Jun 1940...
Battle of Franklin
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Battle of Franklin - The Death Angel's Last Harvest

The Battle of Franklin (30 November 1864) was a major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In his push to liberate Nashville from Northern occupation, Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood invaded Tennessee...
Battle of Bir Hakeim
Article by Mark Cartwright

Battle of Bir Hakeim - The Heroic Defence by Free French Forces in Libya

The defence by Free French forces of the remote desert watering hole of Bir Hakeim (Hacheim) in Libya, North Africa in May-June 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45) is one of the most heroic episodes in French military history. Although...
Battle of Marengo
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Battle of Marengo

The Battle of Marengo (14 June 1800) was one of the most important battles in the career of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). It not only helped bring the French Revolutionary Wars to an end but also did much to consolidate Bonaparte's new...
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