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Attack up the Connecticut River: The First British Raid on Essex
By April 1782, the war in America was supposed to be over. It had been nearly six months since Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army…
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Hezekiah Munsell Goes to War with the Connecticut Militia
In the spring of 1841, a correspondent from the Hartford Courant went to East Windsor, Connecticut looking for an elderly man who was a…
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Anything But Monotonous: Nine Months of Garrison Duty at Fort Griswold
New London’s harbor was the center of Connecticut’s wartime naval activity for the duration of the eight-year American Revolution. Because of its recognized importance,…
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Forgotten Volunteers: The 1st Company, Governors Foot Guard During the Saratoga Campaign
It is considered the oldest, continuously serving military unit in the United States. The 1st Company, Governors Foot Guard has as much a storied…
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Disastrous Leadership: Lt. Colonel Joseph Harris at the Battle of New London
In early September 1781, General Sir Henry Clinton, the British Commander in Chief in America, found himself facing a combined Franco-American force poised to…