Today in military history: April 18, 2014

1644 – Indian raid on Virginia Colony (Second Tidewater War)
1648 – First Battle of Guararapes (Dutch-Portuguese War) 
1783 – American Revolution ends; Capture of the Bahamas ends (American Revolutionary War)

1797 – Battle of Neuweid (French Revolutionary Wars)

1847 – Battle of Cerro Gordo; First Battle of Tuxpan (Mexican-American War)

1851 - Battle of Cerro Gordo during the Mexican-American War, painting by Carl Nebel

1861 – Battle of Harper’s Ferry, VA (US Civil War)

1862 - Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orleans, LA (US Civil War) 

1864 - Battle of Poison Springs, AR (US Civil War) 

1865 – Gen Johnston surrenders to Gen Sherman (US Civil War)

1915 – Union forces occupy Seeheim (WWI) 

1916 – Russians take Trebizond (WWI) 

1917 – British capture Villers-Guislain (WWI)

1942 – Doolittle raids (WWII) 
1943 – Admiral Yamamoto shot down

1945 – German forces in Ruhr Pocket surrender; Ernie Pyle killed (WWII)

1953 – Battle of Pork Chop Hill ends (Korean War)

  45th Infantry at Pork Chop Hill, Korea; Artist: R.T. Foster