Top 10 Articles of October 2015
byThings never slow down. October was another busy month for Journal of the American Revolution. We are hard at work compiling the next annual…
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The Wartime Letters of Joseph and Sarah Hodgkins
by“I have nothing to send you but love. I hope I shall have some money soon.”[1] So wrote Lt. Joseph Hodgkins from his “Camp…
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Igniting the American Revolution: 1773-1775
byBook Review: Igniting the American Revolution: 1773-1775 by Derek W. Beck (Sourcebooks, October 2015) Books about the origins of the American Revolution are plentiful. Although…
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More than a Library: The David Library of the American Revolution
byI have driven up and down Taylorsville Road my entire life and would frequently pass a building on that road which I knew very…
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The Spirit of ’74, How the American Revolution Began
byBook Review: The Spirit of ’74, How the American Revolution Began (New York, The New Press, 2015) by Ray Raphael and Marie Raphael Most people…
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New Light on Battle Casualties: The 9th Pennsylvania Regiment at Brandywine
byRecognizing the contributions and sacrifices of all combat veterans from any war is a meaningful American tradition. On June 2, 2015, the President of…
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Winter Soldiering in the Lake Champlain Valley
byFrom the beginning, the American army knew south-facing Fort Ticonderoga did little to protect against an attack coming up Lake Champlain from British-controlled Canada.[1]…
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Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
byIf early American history is your beat, a trip to Musgrove Mill State Historic Site outside of Clinton, S.C., will likely give you a…
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Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Independence 1755-1783
byBook Review: Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Independence 1755-1783 by Paul E. Cohen and Richard H. Brown (W. Norton & Company, 2015) Maps are…
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Furloughs, Discharges and the End of the Continental Army
byThe Continental Congress received the preliminary peace treaty on March 13, 1783, proclaimed a cessation of hostilities on April 11 and ratified the preliminary…
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George Baylor: Spirited, Willing and Wrong for the Job
byGeorge Baylor (1752-1784) was a young Virginia planter in 1775. He was a son of Col. John Baylor, who had been George Washington’s friend…
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Faking It: British Counterfeiting During the American Revolution
byThe American Revolution was very much a case of David versus Goliath. A relatively small group of colonists decided that they wanted to break…
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Native Americans in the American Revolution
byBook Review: Native Americans in the American Revolution: How the War Divided, Devastated, and Transformed the Early American Indian World by Ethan A. Schmidt (Praeger, 2014) Native…
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Richard Williams Maps the Siege of Boston
byBritish Lieutenant Richard Williams was one of the few artists to document the siege of Boston from 1775 through 1776. He created maps, sketches,…