Top 10 Articles of April 2014
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April, 2014
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Francis Marion Meets His Match: Benjamin Thompson Defeats the “Swamp Fox”
byDuring 1780 and 1781, Brigadier General Francis Marion earned a reputation as the “Swamp Fox,” a virtually unbeatable partisan commander who foiled British efforts…
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New York’s Mohawk Valley Region-America’s First Frontier
byThe path of America’s struggle for Independence was heavily traversed through the beautiful vistas, pasture land, and streams of the Mohawk Valley Region. Nearly…
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Captain Lee’s Genius
byCaptain Henry Lee III’s promotion to Major in April, 1778, capped a year of impressive service for the 22 year old cavalry officer from…
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Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of
Jane Franklin
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Book Review: Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore. Knopf, 464 pp., Hardcover $27.95|Paperback $16.95|eBook $13.99 “One Half…
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A Want of Arms in Pennsylvania
byRemember when I wrote that nobody ever said life on the Pennsylvania frontier was easy?[1] Well, as it turns out, it was a lot…
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Washington’s Belated Admission
by“This is a most unfortunate affair and has given me great Mortification as we have lost not only two thousand Men that were there,…
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You Say Huzzah!
They Said Huzzay!
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Go to any Revolutionary War period living history program or reenactment and you hear it again and again. “Huzzah for Great Washington and the…
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Did Paul Revere’s Ride Really Matter?
byThe biggest myth of Paul Revere’s ride may not be that Revere watched for the lantern signal from the North Church spire, as Henry…
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Paul Revere’s Other Rides
byMyth: “The fate of a nation was riding that night,” Longfellow wrote. Fortunately, a heroic rider from Boston woke up the sleepy-eyed farmers just…
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Valcour Island Redux
byLying between Vermont and New York, astride the border between the United States and Canada, accessible via canals from the St. Lawrence and Hudson…
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Who Shot First? The Americans!
byAt dawn on April 19, 1775, the British detachment of light infantry under Maj. Pitcairn reached Lexington, about two-thirds the way to Concord. There…
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“Cursedly Thrashed”: The Battle of Harlem Heights
byIt was an unfortunate expedient, but one that had grown unavoidable. On September 8, 1776, George Washington penned a lengthy report to Congress in…
How Lund Washington Saved Mount Vernon
byThe inhabitants of Alexandria, Virginia, awoke on April 11, 1781 to a disturbing sight. A flotilla of enemy ships that had spent the last…
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The Men Who Lost America
byBook Review: The Men Who Lost America, British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire By Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy Yale University…
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“Strange Mismanagement”: The Capture of HMS Syren
byAfter a British fleet of seventy-one warships and transports entered Narragansett Bay on December 7, 1776, and the next day landed soldiers that occupied…
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Dissecting the Timeline of Paul Revere’s Ride
byI’m a scientist by training. I received my master’s degree from MIT, which is incidentally where I fell in love with Boston’s revolutionary history….
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Winner or Runner? Gates at Camden
byLord Cornwallis dealt General Horatio Gates a terrible defeat at Camden in South Carolina. The battle represented a rather rude jolt to the reputation…
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A Patriot-Loyalist: Playing Both Sides
byPeople characterize the American Revolution in terms of Patriots and Loyalists – those who supported the rebellion, and those who supported the British government….
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The Real Allegheny Uprising
byAn armed conflict between British Regulars and armed Colonials prior to 1775? Oh yes, yes indeed. In fact this conflict raged for several months…
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Dr. Joseph Warren’s Informant
byWith April 19 nearing, marking the anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War (the official regional holiday of Patriot’s Day in New…
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8 Fast Facts About Camp Followers
byThey were always there, but are seldom mentioned. Name any major battle or campaign: New York, Brandywine, Germantown, Saratoga, Yorktown, Camden, Kings Mountain, Guilford…
AMC’s “Turn”: Everything Historians Need To Know
byDanger, secrets, intrigue and revenge were all part of the Culper spy ring, and the new AMC series “Turn,” premiering April 6 (Sundays 9/8…