Top 10 Articles of July 2015

Detail of actress Charlotte Walpole dressed as a soldier for her role in The Camp, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection)

Thanks to everyone for making July a spectacular month at Journal of the American Revolution. We welcomed 125,000 readers and four new writers: T. J. Johnson, Michael Tuosto, Jason R. Wickersty and Steven Park. We also tweaked our logo to add a little more pizazz. Looking forward, the pipeline is filled with an impressive range of articles. Topics include domestic disputes, a mysterious death, a melancholy accident, Isaac Barré, the Shakers, Niagara Falls, medicine, science and so much more. While you anxiously await our August articles, here is a look back at our 10 most popular articles published in July.

Top 10 Most Popular Articles of July 2015

  1. How the British Won the American Revolutionary War by Gene Procknow
  2. India: The Last Battle of the American Revolutionary War by John L. Smith
  3. Murder Along the Creek: Take a Closer Look at the Sugarloaf Massacre by Thomas Verenna
  4. A Shocking Havoc: The Plundering of Westfield, New Jersey by Jason R. Wickersty
  5. The Final Theaters, the Final Fights by Don Glickstein
  6. Patrick Henry’s Liberty or Death: Granddaddy of Revolution Mythologies by Ray Raphael
  7. Enlisting Lasses: Women Who Aspired to be Soldiers by Don N. Hagist
  8. Adams vs Paine: A Critical Debate by Jett Conner
  9. Revising the Gaspee Legacy by Steven Park
  10. A Gift for General Washington by Jeff Dacus

 

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