By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityOn June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, marking the ...
1857-1858: Mormon Expedition The U.S. Army subdues Mormons who refuse to obey federal law in Utah. 1861-1865: American Civil War Americans go to war over slavery and the attempted secession of ...
Eisenhower. It shouldn’t come as any surprise to learn that the US Army, then known as the Continental Army, is older than the country itself. Initially founded in 1775, this would officially ...