David P. Ervin, Author at Journal of the American Revolution

Author: David P. Ervin

David P. Ervin is an infantry veteran of the Iraq War who went on to study at West Virginia University, earning a BA in early American History. He has written a war memoir and numerous other works in nonfiction and fiction. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on May 1, 2025June 2, 2025

The War is Here: The Politics of Continental Army Dispositions on the Upper Ohio

Alarming news of violence on the Upper Ohio flooded Pittsburgh in the late summer of 1777. On August 2, Joseph Ogle reported from Wheeling that a Native war party had wounded two men. James Booth, further south in Monongalia County, wrote that a mother and child had been killed and scalped and another captured. Col. […]

by David P. Ervin

Frontier Posted on May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

A Choice Body of Men: The Continental Army on the Upper Ohio

The settlers who chose to make their homes in the upper Ohio in the mid to late eighteenth century faced a wide variety of challenges to survive in this backcountry, ranging from the distance to centers of trade and population to the difficulty in practicing agriculture in old-growth forests. That this frontier, the area surrounding […]

by David P. Ervin