July 2017 - Journal of the American Revolution

News Posted on July 21, 2017July 9, 2017

Celebrating 1,000 Articles (with a Holiday)

There are a lot of big numbers that demonstrate our exciting growth since publishing our first article in 2013. Four hardcover book series books published (and one forthcoming) Four collectible hardback volumes published More than 3.15 million unique website readers More than 5.7 million website pageviews More than 165 writers More than 5,600 comments on our articles (and nearly […]

by Editors

Beyond the Classroom Posted on July 20, 2017July 9, 2017

Bite the Bullet: An Impressive Collection from the Mohawk Valley Campaign

I recently attended the Third Annual Conference of the American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference in Fort Plain, New York where I met an eighty-seven-year-old gentleman named Skip Barshied. Previously he had sent me a letter telling me of the large number of artifacts that he collected at the site of Fort Paris in Stone Arabia, […]

by Daniel M. Sivilich

Places Posted on July 19, 2017July 9, 2017

Reamstown Provides: A Pennsylvania Town’s Contribution to Valley Forge

In a cemetery behind the Salem United Church of Christ, in Reamstown, Lancaster County, a boulder stands: This grinding bowl from East Cocalico is placed to Commemorate ITS MAKER THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND The Boulder, Three other local figures, who lived abreast of the loftier Traditions of their time, light and race: THE SOLDIER of […]

by Joseph Lee Boyle

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on July 18, 2017July 9, 2017

Cornwallis and the autumn campaign of 1780 ― His advance from Camden to Charlotte

As events would prove, the autumn campaign was a very risky venture indeed, yet despite the operational difficulties attending it Cornwallis saw no option but to go on to the offensive after his victory at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, on August 16, 1780. As he had explained to Clinton, “It may be doubted […]

by Ian Saberton

Interviews Posted on July 17, 2017July 20, 2017

Contributor Close-up: Joshua Shepherd

About Joshua Shepherd Joshua Shepherd, a sculptor and freelance writer, has created over 20 public monuments. His articles, with a special focus on Revolutionary and frontier America, have appeared in publications including MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Military Heritage, Muzzle Blasts, and The Artilleryman. He lives in rural Indiana with his wife and children. What […]

by Editors

Reviews Posted on July 13, 2017October 8, 2018

Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era

Book review: Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era by Glenn Williams (Westholme, 2017) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] In 1763, King George III issued a proclamation essentially declaring the regions west of the Allegheny off limits to settlement by whites. As it took responsibility for territories once claimed by France, Britain hoped to […]

by Eric Sterner

People Posted on July 12, 2017July 9, 2017

Offering of the Ladies: Esther Reed’s Sentiments, Washington’s Objections

Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Franklin and, to a much greater extent, lesser notables such as Reed, Rush, Morris and dozens more profoundly understood what it would take to keep an army together, but it may well be that their wives and daughters knew something that they did not. A group of ‘knotty matrons’ proposed a […]

by Conner Runyan

Politics During the War (1775-1783) Posted on July 11, 2017July 9, 2017

King George III’s Twitter War

In 1775 London was the largest, most prosperous and economically important city in the world. [1] Though it was Britain’s capital, politically and economically it remained aloof from the rest of the Kingdom. Uniquely governed by an independent Corporation, it had declared itself a “commune” as early as 1191 and held a constitutional position of […]

by John Knight

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on July 10, 2017August 19, 2017

The Battle of Bennett’s Island: The New Jersey Site Rediscovered

It is not often the site of a Revolutionary War battle is rediscovered. It is even more unusual that the probable site is in between New Jersey’s largest trash dump and the loud rushing traffic of its most crowded highway. New research indicates that the site of the Battle of Bennett’s Island is either just […]

by Christian McBurney

Month: July 2017