Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) ORIGINAL TRAILER

 Sept 4 1886 After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Edward Gilliat - The Romance Of Modern Sieges: Metz (1870)

 THE ROMANCE OF MODERN SIEGES; DESCRIBING THE PERSONAL ADVENTURES, RESOURCE AND DARING OF BESIEGERS AND BESIEGED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD..... Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contain language which was common in 19th and early twentieth century usage but which listeners today may find offensive. 

Project Gutenberg here

 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY..... The Rev. Edward Gilliat was born in 1841 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He attended Pembroke College, Oxford, and took holy orders in the Church of England. Gilliat worked as a schoolmaster first at Westminster then at Harrow where he spent thirty years. In addition, he wrote several novels and other nonfictional works. He married and had five daughters and one son (who died in the Great War). Gilliat died at Bath in 1915 after being struck by a motor-car.

The Four Feathers (1939)

 Omdurman anniversary today. Eric Pinzelli in World Military History wrote; ''It is said that the c. 1896 British uniforms used in the film were selected from old British military stores left over from Kitchener’s campaign some 40 years before that the production crew found in a Cairo warehouse.''

Sedan 1870

 This decisive battle was fought today. Wiki

1870 - la bataille décisive de Sedan - Arte (2006)

Gone to Texas 1986

 The life of Sam Houston, General & later president of Texas

Gone to Texas is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas.^[1] It stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Sam Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee through his involvement in the Texas Revolution.^[2]

This production is notable for the complete absence of Davy Crockett in the Battle of the Alamo scenes.

• Sam Elliott as General Sam Houston

Mexican-American War Era U.S. Springfield 1842 Percussion Musket

 Flintlocks and percussion caps were used. Most U.S. troops had flintlocks.

It was the first war that was photographed

 From War photography - Wikipedia The Mexican-American War was the first one to be captured by a camera.^[1] A number of daguerreotypes were taken of the occupation of Saltillo during the Mexican–American War, in 1847 by an unknown photographer, although not for the purpose of journalism.^[2][3] The photographs do not show the wounded, dead bodies, nor live combat zones, with no glorification of warfare being evident.^[1] What they do show are portraits of military men, landscapes, street scenes, and post-battle burial grounds.^[1]

Lieutenant George Henry Gordon during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). 

Mexican-American War daguerreotype image showing American General Wool and staff in the Calle Real, Saltillo, Mexico, c. 1847.

(Amon Carter Museum of American Art).

American soldiers standing along a street in Saltillo, Mexico, during the Mexican-American War, c. 1847.