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A painting from 1770 presenting the death of General Wolfe during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec. This battle was an important event during the Seven Years' War that laid the foundations of modern-day...

A photograph of the German general Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), shown on the left, after the Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 during the Second World War (1939-45). The port in the Crimea was captured by Axis forces commanded by Manstein...

There are many fascinating and forlorn ruins throughout New York’s Hudson Valley, and, among them, the tottering remains of what was once considered the grandest home in the area and among the most famous in the country: Wyndclyffe. Between...

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was the pivotal event in United States history and the largest armed conflict in the Western world following the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) and prior to the beginning of the First World War (1914...

British General John Burgoyne surrenders his entire army to American General Horatio Gates on 19 October 1777 at the end of the Saratoga Campaign. Depicted figures include General Burgoyne (left) who offers his sword to Horatio Gates (center...

A 1942 photograph of General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British general and then field marshal during the Second World War (1939-45). He is here seen in a Grant Tank as he commands the British Eighth Army in North Africa. (Imperial War...

Death of General Hugh Mercer during the Battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. Mercer is depicted in the center, being mortally wounded by British bayonets after refusing to surrender; British Captain William Leslie is also mortally wounded...

Death of General Brock, depicting British General Issac Brock leading a charge moments before he is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October 1812), oil on canvas by Roy Greenaway, 1960. Government of Ontario Art Collection.

General Charles Lee, American Revolutionary War general. Illustration from page 92 of Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa by Christoph Heinrich, Korn. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe, 1776-84. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division...

General Napoleon Bonaparte as commander-in-chief of the Army of Italy, 1796-97. Painting by Edouard Detaille, 1907.