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Michael J. F. Sheehan

Michael J. F. Sheehan

Michael J. F. Sheehan holds a bachelor's degree in History from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is the Senior Historian at the Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site where he has been for nine years. Michael has spent most of his time studying the American Revolution with a focus on the role of the Hudson Highlands and Lower Hudson Valley, where he has lived his whole life. In his free time, he is currently working on a book about the history of King's Ferry during the American Revolution and he has been playing live traditional Irish music in the Stony Point area for five years. Deeply involved in the Brigade of the American Revolution since 2008, Michael has reenacted and spoken at countless historic sites and societies in New York and New Jersey, and is currently serving as a board member for Lamb's Artillery Company.

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Features February 1, 2022 January 31, 2022

Constant Avery, Continental Soldier

Constant Avery of Eaton, in New York’s Madison County, travelled sixteen miles to the county seat in Wampsville in the first week of October…

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Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 24, 2021 May 21, 2021

William Babcock and His Inaccurate Pension Application

The Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston defines primary sources as “immediate, first-hand documents of a topic, from people who had a…

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Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 28, 2021 April 26, 2021

The Revolutionary War Service of James Noble

When old Revolutionary War soldiers applied for their military pensions in the first and second quarter of the nineteenth century, they generally reported the…

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Journals, Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 25, 2020 May 20, 2020

Memorial Day: Recovering the Service of William Tiller, American Soldier

Every now and then, one comes across a pension application of an old soldier that includes extraordinary detail. Occasionally the application includes a journal…

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Historic Sites, The War Years (1775-1783) April 21, 2020 April 20, 2020

Stony Point: The Second Occupation, July–October 1779

Gen. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, arrived at the American defenses at West Point “very much fatigued.” He had ridden one his…

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Myths and Legends, People, Primary Sources February 6, 2020 February 7, 2020

“Mad Anthony”: The Reality Behind the Nickname

It is often a tradition among soldiers and sailors to give monikers to their commanders. American military history resounds with names like Gen.Thomas “Stonewall”…

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Law, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) October 28, 2019 October 27, 2019

Courts-Martial of the Corps of Light Infantry, 1779

Orderly books are great sources of information for military historians. Their contents are a treasure, and include everything from general and regimental orders, returns,…

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Conflict & War, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 28, 2019 March 28, 2019

Henry Champion: An Officer Resigns

Some people are drawn to flame, perhaps just a momentary fascination, but it can get one scolded, especially by the Commander-in-Chief. “I had just…

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Conflict & War, People, Primary Sources December 3, 2018 December 2, 2018

The Extraordinary Life of Isaac Grant of Judea, Connecticut

The old man stepped out into the sun, shut his door, and turned north, leaving his home in Gainesville, New York, for the county…

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Features, Places March 14, 2018 March 13, 2018

Stony Point Battlefield and Lighthouse State Historic Site

Early in the morning of July 16, 1779, Gen. Anthony Wayne and his Corps of Light Infantry successfully stormed the British works at Stony…

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Features October 23, 2017 October 22, 2017

An American Perspective on the Guard Boats of the Hudson

Sgt. Benjamin Gilbert of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment awoke near Verplanck Point on May 31, 1779 with cause to celebrate: it was his birthday,…

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Critical Thinking, The War Years (1775-1783) November 3, 2016 October 25, 2016

The Mythology of Stony Point

The American War for Independence, like any great historical episode, has its share of legends and mythology. The period from 1775 to 1783, perhaps…

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Food & Lifestyle January 26, 2016 August 28, 2016

Struck by Lightning

Since the dawn of humanity, thunder and lightning have both terrified and awed. Protection was sought from deities like Zeus and Thor; and in…

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Places August 24, 2015 August 28, 2016

Top 10 Events at King’s Ferry

A great deal of the American Revolution took place in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley. The region was home to a number of forts,…

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The War Years (1775-1783) May 13, 2015 August 28, 2016

An American Perspective on the Peekskill Raid

Jamaican-born Scotsman Colonel Ann Hawkes Hay of the 2nd Regiment of Orange County Militia looked over his property in Haverstraw, New York towards the…

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The War Years (1775-1783) March 26, 2015 August 28, 2016

Sir Henry Clinton Attempts to Save the Convention Army

In late October of 1777, America celebrated its first capture of a British Army; General Horatio Gates had defeated General Sir John Burgoyne near…

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The War Years (1775-1783) September 10, 2014 August 28, 2016

The Unsuccessful American Attempt on Verplanck Point, July 16-19, 1779

In the early morning hours of July 16, 1779, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne and the Continental Corps of Light Infantry successfully stormed and carried…

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