September 20 in U.S. military history
1777: British Maj. Gen. Charles Grey launches a daring nighttime attack on Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne’s Continental Army forces encamped
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World War I
September 19 in U.S. military history
1777: The Battle of Freeman’s Farm — the first engagement in the Battle of Saratoga — opens between Continental forces
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September 17 in U.S. military history
1862: The Battle of Antietam (Maryland) – the bloodiest single-day battle in American history – opens between Confederate Army forces
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September 12 in U.S. military history
1847: “From the halls of Montezuma…” Gen. Winfield Scott’s army of Marines and soldiers begin their attack on the castle
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September 6 in U.S. military history
1781: Hoping to divert Gen. George Washington from marching against Lord Cornwallis’ forces now trapped in Virginia, two battalions of
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