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Gavin K. Watt

Gavin K. Watt

Gavin Watt has studied Canada’s role in the American Revolution for forty years and has eight books published on the subject, including his forthcoming Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy: America's First Attempt to Bring Liberty to Canada, 1775-1776 (February 2014). He pursues a life-long interest in military history and has re-enacted in four historical eras. Gavin is the past commander and founder of the King’s Royal Yorkers, the past commander of the Northern Brigade, and a honorary Vice-President of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association. Information about his career and books may be found at http://gavinwatt.ca/

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The War Years (1775-1783) June 5, 2017 May 28, 2017

Action At Sabbath Day Point,
March 20, 1777

Samuel MacKay The American invasion of Canada of 1775 failed during the following winter when the siege of Quebec City was raised by the…

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People August 29, 2016 August 28, 2016

Sir John Johnson, The Hard Luck Baronet

John Johnson was the only white son of the Anglo-Irish immigrant William Johnson, the superintendent of Northern Indians, who gained considerable fame, fortune and…

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The War Years (1775-1783) August 12, 2013 August 28, 2016

Continental Dragoons in the Schoharie Valley

The strategy approved by King George and his government for the defeat of the American rebellion in 1777 was to invade upstate New York…

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