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Damien Cregeau

Damien Cregeau

Damien Cregeau, B.A., History, Hillsdale College, M.A., History, Colorado State, has published articles pertaining to the American Revolution with the Journal of the American Revolution, American Spirit, as well as Financial History magazine.  A scholar of the American Revolution specializing in the espionage operations of the era, Damien has lectured on espionage and Alexander Hamilton at the FBI’s New York Office, the Fraunces Tavern Museum, and SUNY Maritime College.

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) August 11, 2022 August 15, 2022

Colonel Daniel Hitchcock of Rhode Island

As a collateral descendant of Daniel Hitchcock (first cousin, nine times removed), I have always been fascinated by the short but important life of…

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Logistics, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 13, 2021 December 12, 2021

Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Who Supplied Washington’s Suffering Army . . . and the French

Jonathan Trumbull, Senior is the most important governor in Connecticut’s long history. This is not only because of the many key contributions he made…

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Culture, Food & Lifestyle, Historic Sites, Preservation April 29, 2021 April 26, 2021

“Spirits of Independence”: Ten Taverns of the Revolutionary War Era

City Tavern in Philadelphia is a reconstruction of the famous eighteenth century tavern where countless patriots—both political and military—met throughout the American Revolution, and…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Historic Sites, Memorials, Patriots December 15, 2020 December 14, 2020

Ten Graves of Patriot Spies

Spies. They lived in the shadows playing a very dangerous, life-or-death game while they served in various roles of espionage for the patriot cause…

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Culture, Historic Sites, Memorials, Patriots October 29, 2020 October 25, 2020

Ten Patriot Soldier Gravesites

A previous article featured ten graves of Americans who served in the Revolutionary War, chosen primarily because of their elaborate monuments. Most of them…

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Culture, Historic Sites, Memorials, Travel August 13, 2020 August 9, 2020

Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Graves

This list presents the graves of ten soldiers who made remarkable contributions to the founding of the United States and who have a headstone…

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Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) June 9, 2020 June 3, 2020

Washington’s Councils of War: A Selective Assessment

A.H. Ritchie’s 1856 engraving entitled “Washington and His Generals” is a creative, imaginary scene, as the dozens of generals shown assembled never congregated in…

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Features May 12, 2020 May 11, 2020

Top Ten Demolished Houses of Revolutionary War-Era Connecticut

This story is the unfortunate flip side of “Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut”: the most significant Connecticut houses demolished in the…

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Culture, Features, Historic Sites, Travel March 14, 2019 March 13, 2019

Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut

“Connecticut: Still Revolutionary,” is the official slogan of Connecticut’s tourism program since about 2014.  As a historian who worked in architecture as the son…

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Features, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 24, 2018 April 24, 2018

Jedediah Huntington of Connecticut

Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington is an overlooked yet very interesting patriot leader from Connecticut who grew up with Benedict Arnold, fought in several battles,…

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