James Richmond is retired, with a life-long interest in Genealogy and American History. He has published several articles on the New England roots of the Richmond family, as well as articles on local history relating to locations in Saratoga County, New York. Jim also lectures on local history at libraries, historical societies and educational institutions. War on the Middleline is Jim’s first full-length book. He resides in Ballston Spa, New York with his wife Diane and is the father of three adult children.
The bus tour was in its final hour. Over 100 men and women had climbed back up the steps of the two buses for the last time that day. And it had been a long day. Beginning in the parking lot of Fulton-Montgomery Community College, on a plain just above Amsterdam, New York, the assemblage […]
The war on the New York frontier did not end with Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga in October 1777. Year after year the conflict raged on, taking on the characteristics of a civil war. This conflict was not fought by grand armies facing off in titanic struggles, but rather initiated by British Loyalists garrisoned in western […]
