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The battles of lexington and concord on April 19, 1775 were the first major military actions between the british army and patriot militias -
Valley forge was the winter encampment of the continental army under the command of George Washington during the american revolutionary war -
when his plot to surrender the american fort at west point to the british was discovered after his co conspirator was captured Arnold had begun secret communications with the British in 1779, offering information and eventually planning the surrender of the fort, after learning his plot was uncovered Arnold fled to the british lines where he joined their army and became a brigadier general -
A military engagement during the American revolutionary war fought on January 17 1781 near the town of cowpens -
a battle between an American and a British ship during the War of 1812 -
The battle of baltimore took place between British and american forces on september 12, 1814 during the War of 1812 -
The battle of new orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the british army under major general sir Edward Pakenham and the united states army under brevet major general Andrew Jackson -
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The Battle of the alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13 day siege Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the alamo mission near San Antonio de Béxar -
when it signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to officially end the Mexican American War -
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South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding south -
It was called the battle of first manassas by Confederate forces was the first major battle of the americain civil war -
The battle of gettysburg was a three day battle in the american civil war which was fought between the union and C\confederate armies between july 1 and july 3, 1863 -
at the McLean House in Appomattox Court House Virginia by Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee -
The USS Maine was sunk in havana harbor Cuba on February 15, 1898, after a massive explosion that killed most of its crew and directly contributed to the start of the spanish american war -
President Herbert Hoover signed a bill into law that made the song official -
The battle of the philippine sea was a major naval battle of world war II on 19 20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial japanese navy