As British warships fill New York harbor, Gen. George Washington rallies his ragtag Continental Army for the biggest battle of the Revolution. With his men backed into a corner on Brooklyn Heights, it will take a miracle not to win, but to survive.

Over a year before the Declaration of Independence, America is born at Bunker Hill. The first major battle of the Revolution will also be its bloodiest. The Battle was named for a location it didn't happen and began a war that never should have been won.

America's push west forces conflicts with native tribes, as Indians are forced to adapt... or be eliminated. Driven by ego, Gen. George Custer launches a doomed assault against a large band of Indian warriors, now enshrined as 'Custer's Last Stand'.

In the spring of 1863, the Civil War entered its third bloody year. For the North, the clearest path to victory runs through the last Confederate holdout: Vicksburg. But taking this well-fortified city amid unforgiving terrain may take a miracle.