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Patrick H. Hannum

Patrick H. Hannum

Patrick H. (Pat) Hannum served for 45 years the Department of Defense, 29 years as a U.S. Marine (Assault Amphibious Vehicle Officer), including battalion command, and 16 years as a civilian professor at the Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, where he specialized in operational-level warfare and Phase II Joint Professional Military Education. He continues to study and promote the history and relevance of the American Revolution through membership in the Norfolk Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation, including staff rides, battlefield tours and other educational venues.

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Battles, People, The War Years (1775-1783) November 22, 2022 November 21, 2022

Eleven Patriot Company Commanders at Great Bridge, December 9, 1775

During August 1775, the Third Virginia Convention replaced the Volunteer Militia Companies, authorized in March 1775 by the Second Virginia Convention, with a new…

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Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) September 15, 2022 September 14, 2022

Virginia’s 1775 Regular Company-level Military Force Structure

The graphic below outlines the force structure created by the Third Virginia Convention in August 1775 and identifies the district and county or counties…

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Historic Sites, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) June 20, 2022 June 17, 2022

Fort Ticonderoga, The Last Campaigns

BOOK REVIEW: Fort Ticonderoga, The Last Campaigns, War in the North 1777-1783 by Mark Edward Lender (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2022) Mark Edward Lender’s recent book…

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Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) June 6, 2022 May 30, 2022

A Very Fine Regiment: The 47th Foot During the American War of Independence, 1773–1783

BOOK REVIEW: A Very Fine Regiment: The 47th Foot during the American War of Independence, 1773-1783 by Paul Knight. (Warwick, UK: Helion Publishing, 2022) The…

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Patriots, Pension Records, Slavery and Indentured Servitude, The War Years (1775-1783) December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021

Virginian Ned Streater, African American Minute Man

Ned Streater (also spelled Streator) was a twenty-year-old man when he first served early in the American Revolution as a member of a Virginia…

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Historic Sites, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) September 29, 2021 September 27, 2021

Meeting of the Three Commanders

On March 6, 2019, a chilly late winter afternoon, the Virginia Beach Historic Preservation Commission dedicated a Virginia Historical Highway Marker to commemorate a…

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Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) March 22, 2021 March 21, 2021

Review: Valley Forge to Monmouth

Valley Forge to Monmouth: Six Transformational Months of the American Revolution by Jim Stempel (McFarland, 2021) Captivated by the short preface, it was evident this…

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Battles, Historic Sites, Maps and Cartography January 28, 2021 January 25, 2021

Why Yorktown? Yorktown in Human and Geological Time

Written human history only dates back a few thousand years while geologic time is often measured in tens or hundreds of millions of years….

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Battles, Culture, Education, Historic Sites November 18, 2020 November 16, 2020

Great Bridge Museum Opens Amid Pandemic

Friday, June 19, 2020, proved an interesting day in Virginia. The governor, two days prior, issued an executive order declaring June 19, “Juneteenth” a…

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Conflict & War, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Primary Sources December 30, 2019 December 26, 2019

Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation: Information and Slavery

Lord Dunmore, John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730-1809) and Royal Governor of Virginia (1771-1776),[1] was an important political and military figure during…

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Features, Reviews December 23, 2019 December 23, 2019

‘They Were Good Soldiers’: African Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775–1783

They Were Good Soldiers: African-Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783 by John U. Rees (Solihull, England: Helion & Company, 2019) John U. Rees addresses…

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Features, Reviews October 14, 2019 October 21, 2019

Contest for Liberty: Military Leadership in the Continental Army, 1775–1783

Contest for Liberty: Military Leadership in the Continental Army, 1775-1783 by Seanegan P. Sculley (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2019) Seanegan P. Sculley’s recent book, Contest…

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Features, Reviews July 29, 2019 October 21, 2019

The American Revolutionary War in the South

The American Revolutionary War in the South: A Re-evaluation from a British Perspective in Light of the Cornwallis Papers by Ian Saberton (Grosvenor House Publishing…

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Features, Reviews June 19, 2019 June 19, 2019

The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution

The Road to Charleston, Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution by John Buchanan (University Press of Virginia, 2019) John Buchanan’s latest account of the southern theater…

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Features, Reviews May 8, 2019 October 21, 2019

Southern Gambit: Cornwallis and the British March to Yorktown

Southern Gambit: Cornwallis and the British March to Yorktown by Stanley D.M. Carpenter (University of Oklahoma Press, 2019) In his recent book, Stanley Carpenter produced…

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Conflict & War, Memorials, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 8, 2019 April 7, 2019

James McCubbin Lingan, an American Story

Of the thousands of men and women who contributed to the Patriot cause during the American Revolution, James McCubbin Lingan (1751–1812) stands out with…

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Features, Historic Sites, News December 17, 2018 December 16, 2018

Recognizing the Skirmish at Kemp’s Landing

November 10, 1775 was an important day in both Great Britain and America. Lord George Germain assumed duties as the Secretary of State for…

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Culture, Features, Memorials March 19, 2018 March 18, 2018

The Second Battle of Cowpens: South Carolina vs. Winchester, Virginia

On January 17, 1781, at Cowpens, South Carolina, Gen. Daniel Morgan solidified his position as an iconic Revolutionary War figure with his decisive victory…

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Conflict & War, Features, The War Years (1775-1783) January 30, 2018 January 28, 2018

George Washington’s 1781 Campaign Design Revealed

George Washington closed a July 31, 1788 letter to Noah Webster noting that Webster’s “desire of obtaining truth is very laudable, I wish I…

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Reviews January 26, 2018 February 1, 2018

The Strategy of Victory: How George Washington Won the American Revolution

Book review: The Strategy of Victory: How George Washington Won the American Revolution by Thomas Fleming (Da Capo Press, 2017) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON]…

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Places November 27, 2017 November 11, 2017

The Battle of Great Bridge: Preserving the Site, Honoring the Soldiers

An interview with Lin Olsen, Executive Director, Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways History Foundation Question: Why is preserving the Great Bridge Battlefield important? We…

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Features, The War Years (1775-1783) November 6, 2017 November 5, 2017

Norfolk, Virginia, Sacked by North Carolina and Virginia Troops

If the headline of a January or February 1776 edition of any North American Tory newspaper read, “Norfolk, Virginia, Sacked by North Carolina and…

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Reviews October 13, 2017 October 7, 2017

What Remains: Searching for the Memory and Lost Grave of John Paul Jones

Book Review: What Remains: Searching for the Memory and Lost Grave of John Paul Jones by Robert Hornick (University of Massachusetts Press, 2017) [BUY NOW…

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People September 20, 2017 September 3, 2017

Commodore Lewis/Louis Warrington, France’s Revolutionary Gift to America

While France and the United States have always exchanged gifts representative of their support of democratic ideals, not all the gifts were between statesman…

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) February 7, 2017 February 3, 2017

America’s First Continental Army Combat Casualty

Reflecting on the service of American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines this past Veteran’s Day prompted an interesting question: Who was the first Continental…

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The War Years (1775-1783) May 18, 2016 August 28, 2016

Command and Control During the Yorktown Campaign

The definitions of joint command of land, maritime, air and other forces as practiced by the United States military today were unknown to those…

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Reviews February 16, 2016 February 15, 2016

Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Book review: Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution by Patrick K. O’Donnell (Atlantic Monthly…

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The War Years (1775-1783) October 20, 2015 August 28, 2016

New Light on Battle Casualties: The 9th Pennsylvania Regiment at Brandywine

Recognizing the contributions and sacrifices of all combat veterans from any war is a meaningful American tradition. On June 2, 2015, the President of…

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