Korean War Archives – Page 6 of 19

July 5 in U.S. military history

1814: On the banks of the Niagara River in Upper Canada (modern-day Ontario), The United States Army proves that they

1775: Gen. George Washington, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, takes formal command of his troops in Cambridge,

1815: While operating in the Sunda Straight, the American sloop-of-war USS Peacock spots the British cruiser HMS Nautilus, and orders

1776: The unfinished American garrison guarding Charleston harbor comes under attack by nine British ships under the command of Adm.

1864: After two months of flanking maneuvers, driving Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederate Army of Tennessee some 70 miles