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Matthew Reardon

Matthew Reardon

Matthew Reardon earned his BA in history and an MA in education from Sacred Heart University. His research interests mainly focus on Connecticut during the American Revolution and the Civil War. Reardon currently serves as the executive director of the New England Civil War Museum and is a middle school teacher in Vernon, Connecticut. His book, New London: Benedict Arnold's Final Battle is due out in early 2021.

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Battles, Loyalists, The War Years (1775-1783), War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) June 14, 2021 June 13, 2021

Showdown Over a Schooner: The Battle of East Guilford, the Final Engagement in Connecticut

At dawn, on Sunday, May 19, 1782, “a large new schooner” moved steadily eastward across Long Island Sound. At the helm was Capt. James…

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Loyalists, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) April 14, 2020 April 12, 2020

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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People October 19, 2016 January 13, 2017

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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The War Years (1775-1783) March 7, 2016 August 28, 2016

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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People September 2, 2015 August 28, 2016

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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People December 10, 2014 August 28, 2016

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…

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