8. 44 Battles

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