The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the decisive battle in
America’s shocking triumph over the mighty British
Empire in its War of Independence, began on this day
in history, Sept. 28, 1781.
The siege ended three weeks later, on Oct. 19, with the
surrender of the British garrison led by Lord Charles
Cornwallis.
Painting depicts the surrender of the British at Yorktown.
ED DONAHUE
James Abram Garfield
(November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)
President James A. Garfield, who had been in
office just under four months, succumbed to
wounds inflicted by an assassin 80 days
earlier, on July 2.
On August 5, 1914, the German army launches its assault on
the city of Liege in Belgium, violating the latter country’s
neutrality and beginning the first battle of World War I.
German troops exploring the ruins of Liege after the city fell
to them in early August 1914.
On July 21, 1861, in the first major land battle of the Civil War,
a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed by
a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard.
Irvin McDowell
(October 15, 1818 – May 4, 1885)
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard
(May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893)
COMILLE BOHANNON
Teddy Roosevelt on horse leads the charge up San Juan Hill
in 1898.
Gatling guns hauled by mules arrive to turn the tide at San
Juan Hill.
10th Cavalry USCT advances on San Juan Hill.
