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April 26 in U.S. military history

1777: 16-year-old Sybil Ludington – “the female Paul Revere” – begins her 40-mile, all-night ride across an isolated circuit of

1778: Capt. John Paul Jones, commanding the Continental sloop-of-war Ranger, leads a daring ship-to-shore raid on the British fortress at

1918: 1st Aero Squadron pilots, equipped with the French Spad biplanes (featured image), perform the first American reconnaissance flight over

1865: The war lost, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee concludes, “There is nothing left for me to do, but to

1865: A day after the Confederate government evacuates by rail, Union troops march into the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.