This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on the Siege of Fort Henry
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and writer Eric Sterner on the Siege of Fort Henry on the Virginia frontier in 1782….
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Fending Chaos: The Early Years of Rufus King, Forgotten Founder
byThere are many ways to reach Jamaica, Queens, via public transit. From Brooklyn or Manhattan one could catch a Queens-bound F Train and remain…
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1774: The Long Year of Revolution
by1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton (Knopf, 2020) Although previous works have tried to draw attention to “The Missing 16…
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Cornwallis and the Winter Campaign, January to April 1781
byLeaving Colonel Francis Lord Rawdon to command in the field from Georgetown to Augusta, Lt. Gen. Charles Earl Cornwallis, the British General Officer Commanding…
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick Naughton on Information Control and the Battles of Lexington and Concord
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews active US Army Major and JAR contributor Patrick Naughton on the narrative created by the Provincial Congress…
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Lost Patriots in the Grimké Files
byBuried within the papers of Lt. Col. John F. Grimké are names of hundreds of artillerymen who fought in the 4th South Carolina Regiment…
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Outbreak! New York, 1779
by“The number of sick increasing every day, in all the different Camps of the army,” wrote Capt. John Peebles in his diary on September…
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Stony Point: The Second Occupation, July–October 1779
byGen. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, arrived at the American defenses at West Point “very much fatigued.” He had ridden one his…
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This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the Military Occupation of Easton
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the 0ccupation of Easton, Pennsylvania, by Continental forces gathering for…
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Washington’s Head of Elk Reconnaissance: A New Letter (and and Old Receipt)
byThe Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 took definitive shape when Gen. William Howe successfully landed his 16,000 officers and men near Head of Elk (now…
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The Fighting Parson’s Farewell Sermon
byThe history of the American Revolution is rife with heroic tales and amazing myths of patriotic American heroes that offer inspiring and entertaining stories….
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Attack up the Connecticut River: The First British Raid on Essex
byBy April 1782, the war in America was supposed to be over. It had been nearly six months since Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army…
This Week on Dispatches: Justin McHenry on John Morgan, William Shippen, and the Fate of the Continental Medical Department
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews archivist and JAR contributor Justin McHenry about the heated rivalry between John Morgan and William Shippen over control…
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Scouting the American Revolution: The French Intelligence Community
byWe often hear about intelligence activities which take place during times of war. Having good intelligence is indeed critical to military and diplomatic success….
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Welcome to my Podcast!
byWith our popular podcast Dispatches now in its second year, we asked our contributors a whimsical question: Which person from the American Revolution and the…
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What They Saw and Did at Yorktown’s Redoubts 9 and 10
byReceiving orders from Sir Henry Clinton, British commander in chief in North America, Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis led his troops to a position between…
This Week on Dispatches: Brian Patrick O’Malley on Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever Epidemic
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Brian Patrick O’Malley on the social and medical response to the Yellow Fever epidemic that ravaged…
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The British Invasion of the Bahamas, 1783: One of the Final Actions of the American Revolution
byTucked away in a small corner of history and buried deep beneath mountains of text lie brief mentions of the British invasion of the…
“Revolution Road” on the Dave Nemo Show to Air this Friday for Free
bySiriusXM Radio announced today that they will be offering their programs for free through May 15. This means JAR readers who don’t have a…
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An Economist’s Solution to the War: Adam Smith and the Rebelling Colonies
byAdam Smith, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Economics, was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on June 16, 1723. His father, also…
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick H. Hannum on Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews military veteran and history professor Patrick H. Hannum on Lord Dunmore’s proclamation to emancipate slaves who joined the…
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The Yellow Fever Outbreak of 1793: Nine Observations and Lessons
by“I often thought that the situation of a people in a bombarded city, was not much worse, and on some accounts not so bad;…
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The Revolutionary War Origin of the Whistleblower Law
byThe so called “whistleblower law” had a salty source. It did not emanate from the shrill sound of a boatswain’s pipe, but rather a…
This Week on Dispatches: Kevin A. Conn on the Lenape Origins of an Independent America
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor Kevin A. Conn on his recent research on the Lenape and how…
Journal of the American Revolution, Annual 2020 Now Available
byThe Journal of the American Revolution, Annual 2020 is now available. Our sixth annual uniform volume is a jacketed hardback, with 356 pages, composed of…
The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Misfortune: The Fall of Fort Motte
byThe Revolutionary War in the Carolinas after the fall of Charleston was a great arena of war with hundreds of small battlefields. Some were…
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Tea in 18th Century America
byTea in 18th Century America by Kimberly K. Walters. (K. Walters at the Sign of the Gray Horse, 2019) Best-selling author Lucinda Brant offers enthusiastic…
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Trading Generals
byDuring the American Revolution, many players were removed from the chess board of war as a result of capture. From individual soldiers and sailors…
This Week on Dispatches: Katie Turner Getty on Combating the Spread of Disease Eighteenth-Century Style
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews attorney and JAR associate editor Katie Turner Getty on the use of smoke to fumigate refugees from…
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Teaching the American Revolution with Simulations
byWhat most Americans know about the Revolutionary War they learned when they were in elementary or middle school. The curricular timing is fortunate in…
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Two Reviews: Journal of the Hessian Jäger Corps and The Disaffected
byJournal of the Hessian Jäger Corps 1777-1779 by W. Steedman, translator, and Ian Saberton, translator and editor (Tolworth, Surrey, UK: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd., 2018)…
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Aggressive-Minded Gamblers: Washington, Howe, and the Days Between Battles, September 12–16, 1777
byOn Tuesday afternoon, September 16, 1777—five days after the Battle of Brandywine—George Washington and most of his 11,000-member Continental army stood atop the South…
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This Week on Dispatches: Matthew Skic on “Cost of Revolution, The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier”
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Museum of the American Revolution Associate Curator Matthew Skic on the development, installation, and writing the accompanying…
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How to Write Like a Revolutionary War Spy
byCongratulations! You’ve been commissioned as an officer in the Continental Army, and General Washington has given you command of an important position near the…
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Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship That Helped Forge Two Nations
byRevolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship That Helped Forge Two Nations by Tom Chaffin (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019)…
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Mapping the Battle of Eutaw Springs: Modern GIS Solves a Historic Mystery
byWhen dealing with available sources to investigate questions related to historical events, the researcher has at his disposal a limited set from which to…
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This Week on Dispatches: Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. on Captain John De Treville—Continental Officer and British Spy
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews architect and JAR contributor Douglas R. Dorney, Jr., on his research about Capt. John La Boularderie De…
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Rutland’s Rebellion: Defending Local Governance during the Revolution
byTypically, countries at war do not detain enemy prisoners in the backyards of their citizens. During the Revolutionary War Britain’s soon-to-be independent North American…
The East Florida Gazette, 1783–1784
byEast Florida only had one newspaper in the colony’s entire history. The newspaper went live during the final year of the American War for…