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Techniques & Tech Posted on January 13, 2016August 28, 2016

The Organization of the Rhode Island Militia 1774–1783

The organization of the Militia in colonial Rhode Island[1] was established by law. Five county regiments and the number of companies in each town were specified.[2] Annually the General Assembly approved the locally elected officers for the trained bands (companies of militia) at its session in May or the next session in June. In 1771, […]

by John K. Robertson

Techniques & Tech Posted on January 11, 2016August 28, 2016

Redoubt No. 4: Lynchpin of Fortress West Point

In 1775, the Continental Army was in dire need of engineers. The colonies did not have a War College or military academy like the Ecole Militaire in Paris or the Royal Military Academy in London. Gen. George Washington complained to Congress, “The Skill of those engineers we have … [is] very imperfect and confined to […]

by Bob Ruppert

News Posted on January 6, 2016January 5, 2016

Journal of the American Revolution Announces 2015 Book of the Year Award Winners

Journal of the American Revolution, the popular online magazine and annual book, today announced its winner and runners-up for the 2015 Book of the Year Award. The annual award goes to the non-fiction volume that best mirrors the journal’s mission: to deliver passionate, creative and smart content that makes American Revolution history accessible to a […]

by Editors

People Posted on January 5, 2016August 28, 2016

Did Oliver Hazard Perry’s Father Kill a Quaker?

A Story of Resistance to the Universal Draft In Rhode Island, as in the rest of New England during the Revolutionary War, a key Patriot institution was the universal draft. Rhode Island required all white men between the ages of sixteen and sixty to serve in the militia, backed by state courts and other state […]

by Christian McBurney

Arts & Literature Posted on January 4, 2016January 10, 2016

A Brief Publication History of the “Times That Try Men’s Souls”

Thomas Paine’s sensational pamphlet Common Sense, published anonymously in January of 1776, has a singular place of importance in the literature of the American Revolutionary era. So famous was the title that Paine would adopt it as a sobriquet when authoring future works. The publication history of that wildly successful pamphlet is well established.[1] But […]

by Jett Conner

Year: 2016

The Organization of the Rhode Island Militia 1774–1783

Redoubt No. 4: Lynchpin of Fortress West Point

Journal of the American Revolution Announces 2015 Book of the Year Award Winners

Did Oliver Hazard Perry’s Father Kill a Quaker?

A Brief Publication History of the “Times That Try Men’s Souls”