Mike Matheny, Author at Journal of the American Revolution

Author: Mike Matheny

Mike Matheny is currently a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is pursuing an MA degree in US History. He received a BA in History from James Madison University. He works as an Adjutant General (Human Resources) officer for the US Army.

Autobiography and Biography Posted on April 11, 2023April 10, 2023

Hero to Zero? Remembering Horatio Gates

Between heroes like George Washington and villains like Benedict Arnold, the Revolutionary War was full of historical actors of all stripes. But one man in particular defies an easy sorting between hero and villain. Washington’s first adjutant general, Horatio Gates, does not have a secure place in historical memory as either hero or villain. In […]

by Mike Matheny

Documents Posted on May 3, 2021May 2, 2021

“The Predicament We Are In”: How Paperwork Saved the Continental Army

“Few people know the predicament we are in,” wrote George Washington, while he expressed the Continental army’s dire circumstances.[1] By January 1776, just six months into the Revolutionary War, the Continental army faced a crisis outside Boston. This particular crisis, not caused by a British attack, was a personnel issue. “Search the volumes of history through,” […]

by Mike Matheny