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Gabriel Neville

Gabriel Neville

Gabe Neville is engaged in a long-term research project on the 8th Virginia Regiment and maintains a blog on the subject at 8thVirginia.com. He writes and speaks from time to time on related topics and intends to produce a book on the regiment’s unique career. A former journalist and congressional staffer, he now works as a senior advisor at a Washington, DC law firm. He lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two sons.

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Historic Sites, Memorials, Pension Records February 16, 2023 February 19, 2023

Grave Errors: Inaccurate Markers for the 8th Virginia Regiment Soldiers

Of the roughly nine hundred men who served at some point in the 8th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War, only fifty-two have identified…

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Political Philosophy, Religion, Reviews January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023

Religious Liberty and the American Founding

BOOK REVIEW: Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meaning of the First Amendment Religion Clauses by Vincent Phillip Muñoz (Chicago:…

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Politics During the War (1775-1783), Religion, Reviews June 27, 2022 June 28, 2022

Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America

BOOK REVIEW: Our Dear Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America by Michael D. Breidenbach (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021) Most Americans…

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Political Philosophy, Religion, Reviews February 14, 2022 February 13, 2022

Religion and the American Revolution: An Imperial History

BOOK REVIEW: Religion and the American Revolution: An Imperial History by Katherine Carté (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press/Omohundro Institute of Early American History…

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Frontier, Historiography, The War Years (1775-1783) March 18, 2021 March 15, 2021

Virginia’s Independent Frontier Companies, Part 2 of 2

The Fifth Virginia Convention convened in Williamsburg in May 1776 with a weighty agenda before it. The 169-year-old colony declared its independence from Britain…

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Frontier, Historiography, The War Years (1775-1783) March 17, 2021 September 3, 2021

Virginia’s Independent Frontier Companies, Part 1 of 2

When the American Revolution began, the Virginia Colony faced not one military-territorial contest, but four. Its ousted Royal governor, Lord Dunmore, was in the…

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Features, Reviews, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) January 25, 2021 February 1, 2021

Review: To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan

To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan by Andrew Waters (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2020)…

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Battles, Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) October 19, 2020 October 25, 2020

The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution

The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution edited by Edward G. Lengel (Washington, D.C: Regnery, 2020). Edward Lengel begins this book with a remarkable…

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Features, People, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) August 10, 2020 August 8, 2020

General Peter Muhlenberg: A Virginia Officer of the Continental Line

General Peter Muhlenberg: A Virginia Officer of the Continental Line by Michael Cecere (Yardley, Pa: Westholme, 2020) “The General, mounted upon a white horse, tall…

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Features, Frontier, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) June 3, 2020 May 23, 2020

George Rogers Clark and William Croghan

George Rogers Clark and William Croghan: A Story of the Revolution, Settlement, and Early Life at Locust Grove by Gwynne Tuell Potts (Lexington: University Press…

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Patriots, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 3, 2019 December 2, 2019

Shenandoah Martyr: Richard Campbell at War

There is no dignity in being forgotten. A case in point is Virginia Lt. Col. Richard Campbell, a Continental officer who died bravely for…

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Critical Thinking, Law, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) August 1, 2019 August 1, 2019

The Tragedy of Henry Laurens

It wasn’t really their fault, they said. Slavery, men of the founding generation liked to argue, was brought to the colonies by Britain. It…

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Historic Sites, Preservation, The War Years (1775-1783) July 16, 2019 July 15, 2019

The Last Vestige of the Clove Road

With no actionable intelligence, General Washington had to guess where British Maj. Gen. William Howe was taking his army. So in July 1777, he…

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Features, The War Years (1775-1783) April 10, 2018 September 3, 2021

The “B Team” of 1777: Maxwell’s Light Infantry

On the topic of Maxwell’s Light Infantry, Lt. Col. William Heth’s views were crystal clear. “Maxwells Corps ’Twas expected would do great things,” he…

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