Prelude to Yorktown: Washington and Rochambeau in New York
The months leading up to the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781 are often glossed over in histories of the Revolutionary War. But they…
The months leading up to the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781 are often glossed over in histories of the Revolutionary War. But they…
First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington by Peter R. Henriques (University of Virginia Press, 2020). With so many books already written…
George Washington Dealmaker-In-Chief: The Story of How the Father of Our Country Unleashed the Entrepreneurial Spirit in America by Cyrus A. Ansary (Lambert Publications,…
Book review: Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father by Peter Stark (HarperCollins, 2018). BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON Peter Stark’s…
An important facet of Washington’s generalship has gone largely unexplored by historians: his role as a diplomat. For a top-level military leader in a…
In June 1780, Gen. George Washington told a lie. In fact, he planned a major deception. But as it was intended to deceive the…
Book Review: For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 by Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon (Cornell University Press, 2014)…
On November 6, 1779, Virginia major Henry Lee, commander of the Continental Army’s 2nd Partisan Corps, addressed a letter to British lieutenant colonel John…
“This is a most unfortunate affair and has given me great Mortification as we have lost not only two thousand Men that were there,…
In early February 1780, General George Washington’s main army was encamped at Jockey Hollow, New Jersey. But the general maintained his headquarters about three…