Battle maps · Weird history
Forgotten American battles, mapped in order.
The battle map. How it happened. The strange facts nobody told you — starting from the very first fights.
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Each era runs in chronological order, so you can read the story from the start.
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The Battle of the Ice Mound: The War of 1812’s Last Fight on the Chesapeake, 1815
In February 1815 — weeks after the peace treaty was signed — a British boat that stole seven sheep from a James Island farm…
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The Battle of the Barges: Blood and Gunpowder in Kedges Strait, 1782
Thirteen months after Yorktown, Maryland’s barge navy took on Loyalist raiders in Kedges Strait off Smith Island — and one spark of gunpowder turned…
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Ponce de León vs. the Calusa: The Conquistador Who Lost Florida Twice
The man who named Florida was driven off its coast by the Calusa in a day-long canoe battle in 1513 — then killed by…