Eric Wiser

Eric grew up on the northwest side of Chicago and earned a BA in History from Loyola University-Chicago and was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society in History. He is a certified Secondary History teacher and a Certified Public Accountant, having also studied Accountancy at DePaul University. His fascination with the American Revolution started with a visit to Yorktown battlefield during college and increased when he learned of his family’s heritage in the Revolution on a visit to Maryland and Virginia. Eric currently lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois, with his wife and daughter.

Autobiography and Biography, Loyalists, The War Years (1775-1783) January 19, 2022 January 18, 2022

Hell’s Half-Acre: The Fall of Loyalist Crean Brush

On October 18, 1777, New York provincial assemblyman, and tory, Crean Brush, penned his final will and testament from prison in Boston. After nineteen…

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Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) October 8, 2020 October 27, 2020

The Outlaw Cornelius Hatfield: Loyalist Partisan of the American Revolution

The war for all practical purposes was over when hostilities ended with a cease fire negotiated by the Americans, British, French, and Spanish in…

War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020

Blue Mountain Valley and the Rise of Lord Stirling

“A Most Dreadful Voyage” was how the captain of British supply ship Blue Mountain Valley described his mission to North America in the fall and…