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Conflict & War

The New Dominion: Virginia’s Bounty Land

by Gabriel Neville

There is a fine line between courage and stupidity. Eight men congregated at Smithfield Plantation in southwest Virginia on April 7, 1774, prepared for...

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Interviews

December 3, 2025

This Week on Dispatches: Stuart Lillie on Henry Knox’s Artillery Train

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Stuart Lillie, vice president of Public History at Fort Ticonderoga, on their new exhibit on Henry...

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The War Years (1775-1783)

December 1, 2025

Vanishing Ranks: Rawlings’ Rifle Regiment and the Struggle to Recruit for the Frontier

by Tucker F. Hentz

The Continental Congress directed the organization of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (Rawlings’ regiment) in resolutions dated June 17 and 27, 1776.[1] The...

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Espionage and Cryptography

November 25, 2025

American Spies and Sympathizers at Fort Detroit

by Geoffrey Hoerauf

Located far enough away from American-controlled Kentucky but enough close to the British-allied Native Americans in the Western Great Lakes region, Fort Detroit became...

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Political Philosophy

November 20, 2025

Thomas Paine, Common Sense and a Plan for America

by Jett Conner

To the extent that historians give Thomas Paine credit for playing a significant role in the American Revolutionary Cause, it was his rousing call...

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