Battlefields

The name is a dubious distinction for the man who ordered a full retreat during what is considered the first engagement of the Black Hawk War.

A commemoration of child soldiers during a fearful battle of the Civil War.

Solitary stones tell the story of an early battle in one of colonial America’s most brutal and forgotten wars.

The memorial to this brutal battle between the English and the Scots has a surprisingly humble origin.

Victory on this battlefield catapulted William Henry Harrison to the presidency in 1840.

Towering metal swords commemorate a 12th-century victory.

This rock bore witness to the last pitched battle fought on British soil.

Historic house still contains bullet holes from an overlooked battle of the American Revolution.

Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.

The site of the daring river crossing that changed the course of the American Revolution.

A stone monument marks the location of the final battle of an armed uprising which had a significant impact on the creation of the US Constitution.

A haunting museum chronicling the bloodiest battlefield of World War I.

An installation at the border commemorates a battle from 972.

A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.

Taken as a war trophy in 1739, this Portuguese bell now hangs in an ancient Hindu temple.

This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.

The location of the site of one of the defining battles of feudal Japan is being fought over by two neighboring cities.