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We Have Sacrificed Our All
by“We Have Sacrificed Our All.” Thus, stated eleven loyalist officers from Ninety-Six and Camden Districts of South Carolina in a petition intended for the…
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The South Carolina backcountry in mid 1780
byIts occupation by the British, the character of its inhabitants, and its flora, fauna and terrain Overall, I am of opinion that militarily the…
Benjamin Franklin: “Our Salvation depends on you”
byBenjamin Franklin was appointed an American Commissioner to France on September 26, 1776. [1] One month later he set sail for France where he…
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The Setauket Raid – December 1777
byOn the 1st of December 1777 Colonel Samuel B. Webb noted in his journal,[1] … At Horseneck [Greenwich, CT]. This day my Regiment marched…
Contributor Close-up: Jeff Dacus
byAbout Jeff Dacus Jeff Dacus is a retired U.S. Marine. He presently lives in Vancouver, Washington where he teaches middle school U.S. History. He’s…
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The 3rd New Jersey Regiment’s Plundering of Johnson Hall
byThe newly formed 3rd New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Col. Elias Dayton, was mustered into the Continental Army on May 2, 1776. It was…
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“The Man Unmasked”: Henry Laurens, Egerton Leigh, and the Making of a Revolutionary
byHenry Laurens, one of colonial South Carolina’s wealthiest and most politically powerful planter-merchants, was a conservative by nature.[1] When the imperial crisis began to…
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Unappreciated Allies: Choctaws, Creeks, and the Defense of British West Florida, 1781
byTwo months after Spain entered the American Revolutionary War on June 21, 1779, the governor of Spanish Louisiana, Don Bernardo de Galvez, launched an…
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Thomas Jefferson — Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America
byBook review: Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (St. Martin’s Press, 2017) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] Few of…
The “Battle at McIntire’s Farm”: Joseph Graham as Historian of the Revolution
byOn September 25, 1780 as Lord Cornwallis entered North Carolina he was harassed by “a few light troops” commanded by Col. William R. Davie[1]…
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How many troops did Cornwallis actually bring to the Battle of Guilford?
byA re-evaluation in the light of The Cornwallis Papers Works about the Revolutionary War are littered with references to troop numbers, whether to…
The American Gunners at Yorktown
byThe Siege of Yorktown began subsequent to the movement of about fifty thousand American and French soldiers and sailors to eastern Virginia, twenty-eight thousand…
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Understanding Thomas Jefferson’s Reactions to the Rise of the Jacobins
byUpon the announcement of the convening of the Estates General in 1789, Thomas Jefferson, then the Minister to France, wrote to James Madison with…
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Contributor Close-up: Gary G. Shattuck
byAbout Gary G. Shattuck Gary Shattuck served over three decades in the Vermont law enforcement community as a supervising officer with the Vermont State…
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The Complex Character of John Paul Jones and his Polite Home Invasion
byTo British aristocracy, John Paul Jones was a thieving rebel and a Scotch-borne traitor to the Empire. To seacoast citizens of the British Isles,…
The Murder of Colonel Dooly Of Georgia: A Revolutionary War Mystery
byGeorgia historian Otis Ashmore wrote that “of the many heroic men who illustrated that stormy period of the Revolution in Georgia that ‘tried men’s…
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Hearts of Oak on Canvas: Watson and the Shark
byA single day of gory trauma defined the life of Brook Watson. As a teenager, he had gone swimming in Havana harbor, where a…
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New Novel Depicts Real American Revolution Life
bySpies and Deserters is an exciting new novel by Martin R. Ganzglass that depicts real life experiences during the Revolutionary War. It follows eighteen-year-old…
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The funniest thing?
byWhat’s the funniest thing you’ve come across in researching this period? In Paris, while negotiating the treaty with France, Ben Franklin stopped for…
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How do you define “Founding Fathers”?
byHow do you define “Founding Fathers”? You can define it either broadly or narrowly. By consensus, most historians limit the narrow definition to six….
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Which side benefited the most from the Native Americans?
byWhich side do you think benefited the most from the Native American involvement in the war? Why? The British benefited the most, from one…
Hamilton: An American Musical
byReview of the Broadway musical Hamilton, now playing at the Richard Rodgers Theater on 46th Street in New York City. Let me confess at…
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George Mason: Author of Rights
byIn the spring of 1776, the Continental Congress recommended that each colony create a new government “under the authority of the people” [for] “the…
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9 Questions with Rick Atkinson
byLearning that one of the most acclaimed military writers of our time has turned his narrative expertise towards the American Revolution is exciting news…
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Fever
byThroughout the American Revolution, opposing armies fought a common enemy. Primary documents on both sides are full of complaints, descriptions and responses to the…
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The American Vicars of Bray
byLoyalists, those Americans who openly supported the British Government during the American Revolution, have been largely assumed to have had unchanging allegiance during the…
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The Murder of Colonel Dooly Of Georgia: A Revolutionary War Mystery
byGeorgia historian Otis Ashmore wrote that “of the many heroic men who illustrated that stormy period of the Revolution in Georgia that ‘tried men’s…
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Hearts of Oak on Canvas: Watson and the Shark
byA single day of gory trauma defined the life of Brook Watson. As a teenager, he had gone swimming in Havana harbor, where a…
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New Novel Depicts Real American Revolution Life
bySpies and Deserters is an exciting new novel by Martin R. Ganzglass that depicts real life experiences during the Revolutionary War. It follows eighteen-year-old…
Top Articles of April 2017
byApril was a short month for JAR as we returned from spring break with our “Runaway a Day” series. In short time we still…
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Neglected Histories: The Cruger Family and the Roots of American Independence
byOne of history’s little mysteries is why some people become famous and others of similar, or even greater, accomplishment do not. Among those overlooked…
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General George Washington: Diplomat
byAn important facet of Washington’s generalship has gone largely unexplored by historians: his role as a diplomat. For a top-level military leader in a…
Third Annual Conference: The American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley
byThe Fort Plain Museum, in the heart of upstate New York, is proud to announce its Third Annual Conference on the American Revolution in…
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Dedication of the New American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
byTen years in the planning and construction, the new fifty million dollar state of the art American Revolution Museum at Yorktown was officially dedicated…
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Contributor Close-up: Christian McBurney
byAbout Christian McBurney Christian McBurney resides in the Washington, D.C. area and is an independent historian who has authored the recently released Abductions in…
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Did Generals Mismanage the Battle of Brooklyn?
byOutmaneuvering and overwhelming the Patriots during the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, the British won a huge victory by executing a daring night march around…
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Yorktown National Battlefield: The Encampment Tour
byAlmost anyone that develops a passion for history can point to an event deep within themselves that spawned an imaginative interpretation of events, and…