well, Edmund pettus was a Confederate general during the Civil War, and was a Senator from Alabama after the war. It was named in his honor. Not sure if that totally answers the question, but that's...
Harold Godwinson heard about the news that Harold Hardrada had pillaged and defeated the English at Gate Fulford. He marched North and covered 190 miles in 4 days. This completely caught Hardrada by...
The English (who had been camped waiting for the Normans [or french] to invade) raced up to fight the Viking force that had invaded England in the north. The English won, and then had to leg it down...