During the Battle of Gettysburg, a Confederate cannonball mangled the right leg of General Daniel Sickles. He would go on to lead an illustrious and controversial life.
All in War
Attack on Fort Stevens
It was the only attack on a mainland military installation during World War II.
Sgt. Bleak
He's probably the only Medal of Honor recipient whose citation that includes the phrase, "smacked their heads together."
Attack of the Crocodiles
It was on this day in what is now Burma, that hundreds of Japanese soldiers were attacked and eaten by crocodiles.
Burst of Joy
Associated Press photographer, Slava "Sal" Veder snapped a photo that would become an iconic symbol of America's healing in the wake of the Vietnam War.
Bad Day at Boroughbridge
This was the day that Humphrey de Bohun, the 4th Earl of Hereford met his particularly gruesome fate.
Amy Spain
The last "legally" executed slave in America was a seventeen-year-old girl named Amy Spain.