8. 44 Battles

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Surrounding the Amphitheater’s external monumental arcade, the names of 44 important battles in American history, from the American Revolution to the Spanish-American War, are inscribed above the entablature.

The American Revolution (1775-1783)

  • Lexington
  • Bunker Hill
  • Ticonderoga
  • Guilford Court House
  • Kings Mountainx
  • Saratoga
  • Trenton
  • Monmouth
  • Stony Point
  • Yorktown

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

  • Lake Erie
  • Lake Champlain
  • Chippewa
  • Lundy’s Lane
  • Plattsburg
  • New Orleans

Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

  • Buena Vista
  • Resaca
  • Monterey
  • Contreras
  • Churubusco
  • Chapultepec
  • Molino del Rey

Civil War (1861-1865)

  • Fort Sumter
  • Donelson
  • Antietam
  • Cedar Creek
  • Shiloh
  • Gettysburg
  • Vicksburg
  • Chickamauga
  • Appomattox
  • Malvern Hills
  • Chattanooga
  • Franklin
  • Nashville
  • Knoxville
  • Atlanta
  • Winchester
  • The Wilderness
  • Petersburg
  • Mobile Bay

Spanish-American War (1898)

  • Santiago de Cuba
  • Manila


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