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Benjamin Huggins

Benjamin Huggins

Benjamin Huggins is an associate professor and editor at the Papers of George Washington project at the University of Virginia. He is the editor of three volumes of The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series. He received his Ph. D. in history from George Mason University in January 2009. In addition to his articles for the Journal of the American Revolution, he has written a chapter in A Companion to George Washington, Edward Lengel, ed. (Wiley-Blackwell, May 2012) on Washington as commander in chief in the first years of the French alliance. He is also the author of Willie Mangum and the North Carolina Whigs in the Age of Jackson (McFarland, 2016).

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Logistics, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) February 3, 2022 February 2, 2022

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…

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Autobiography and Biography, Features, Reviews February 8, 2021 January 31, 2021

Review: First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington

First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington by Peter R. Henriques (University of Virginia Press, 2020). With so many books already written…

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Features, Reviews June 3, 2019 October 21, 2019

George Washington Dealmaker-in-Chief

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,…

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Reviews August 6, 2018 July 28, 2018

Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father

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…

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People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) April 26, 2017 April 21, 2017

General George Washington: Diplomat

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…

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People January 19, 2017 January 16, 2017

George Washington Tells a Lie

In June 1780, Gen. George Washington told a lie. In fact, he planned a major deception. But as it was intended to deceive the…

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Reviews December 3, 2014 January 2, 2015

For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789

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)…

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People October 16, 2014 August 28, 2016

The Partisan and the Queen’s Ranger

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…

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People April 23, 2014 August 28, 2016

Washington’s Belated Admission

“This is a most unfortunate affair and has given me great Mortification as we have lost not only two thousand Men that were there,…

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The War Years (1775-1783) December 17, 2013 August 28, 2016

Raid Across the Ice: the British Operation to Capture Washington

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…

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