Top 10 Articles of February 2014
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February, 2014
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Infantry vs. Cavalry
byThroughout the War for American Independence, infantry reigned as the primary martial arm of the conflict. Their principle weapon was the smoothbore musket, followed…
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The Darker Side of the Militia
byOn November 8, 1808, in his eighth State of the Union address, Thomas Jefferson uttered the now famous lines, “For a people who are…
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Henry Knox, Drug Dealer?
byHow many times does someone get the chance to read through the business correspondence files of one of the Founding Era’s most fascinating personalities?…
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Top 10 American Loyalist Officers
byMany historical accounts over look the impact of American loyalist military leaders and their revolutionary war contributions to the British cause. 50,000 or more…
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He’d rather be painting…
byThe 38th Regiment of Foot, consisting of about 450 officers and men (not to mention about 60 soldiers’ wives and an unknown number of…
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Connecticut Yankees in a Pennamite’s Fort
by“Living on the frontier is easy!” said no one, ever. Case in point, on July 3, 1778, over 100 loyalist rangers under the command…
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British Spy Plot to Capture
Fort Ticonderoga in 1777
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Peter Livius, chief justice of the province of Quebec and former justice of New Hampshire, wrote a letter on June 2, 1777 to American…
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Race to the Dan:
“Pushed with Great Expedition”
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It had been a tense three weeks in the Carolinas for General Nathanael Greene, the commander of the American southern army. In the wake…
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The Experience of New London Tories
and Quakers
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On December 8, 1776, British soldiers, supported by a large fleet, easily invaded and occupied Newport, Rhode Island, and the rest of Aquidneck Island. …
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Take Notice: The Not-so-1776
Recruiting Poster
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This article was originally published in Journal of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 (Ertel Publishing, 2013). By Ray Raphael and Benjamin H. Irvin If…
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10 Questions with Hal Stalmaster
(Johnny Tremain)
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Hal Stalmaster is a natural actor, and Walt Disney knew it. In 1956, when Hal was 16 years old, he auditioned for the film…
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The Hated Benjamin Franklin
byThe front page of April 18, 1765, Pennsylvania Gazette featured one of the earliest American printings of the Stamp Act. “Printed by B. Franklin,…
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Cavalry: Swords before Pistols
by“…the sword is the most destructive and almost only necessary weapon a dragoon carries.”[1] So wrote Major Richard Call of the 3d Light Dragoons…
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The Battle of St. Louis
byWhile the War of American Independence was won on the Eastern seaboard by American and French battling the British, the future of the United…
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Ambushed! Victim’s Bones at Fort Laurens
byFor a few terrifying minutes the air was filled with the sound of gunshots, war-whoops and the screams of the dying. It was over…
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The American Revolution through British Eyes: A Documentary Collection
byBook Review: The American Revolution through British Eyes: A Documentary Collection Edited by James J. Barnes and Patience P. Barnes. Kent State University Press,…
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You Won’t Believe How Samuel Adams Recruited Sons of Liberty
byIn his 1936 biography Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda, John C. Miller wrote this about the leader of Boston’s Whig activists: Sam Adams discovered…
Bushnell’s Mine Nearly Sinks a Ship
byWhen the Royal Navy fleet of warships and transports, carrying a British army of more than 7,000 soldiers, passed New London, Connecticut, on December…
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London Gazette: The Crown’s Official Mouthpiece
byBefore, during and after the American Revolution, newspapers from Great Britain were widely consumed on American soil as part of the regular packet ship…