Philip D. Weaver

Phil Weaver has been an active living historian for over forty years. Most of these have been with the Brigade of the American Revolution. A highly regarded tailor, presenter, and independent researcher, Phil’s articles on the colonial period and living history were first published nationally in 1979. An original member of the West Point Chapter, Company of Military Historians, he was elected a Fellow of the Company in May 2004. Most recently, Phil is credited as the editor and principle author of The Greatest Hits of The Colonial Chronicle: The Rev-War Collection (June 2016).

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The War Years (1775-1783) May 18, 2017 May 30, 2017

The 3rd New Jersey Regiment’s Plundering of Johnson Hall

The newly formed 3rd New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Col. Elias Dayton, was mustered into the Continental Army on May 2, 1776. It was…

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People March 13, 2017 April 20, 2017

Henry Defendorff: A Very Intelligent Man

Henry Defendorff enlisted as a sergeant in Christoper P. Yates’s Tryon County company of the 2nd New York Provincial Battalion commanded by Col. Goose…

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The War Years (1775-1783) November 22, 2016 November 4, 2016

The 3rd New Jersey Regiment’s Ill-Fated Patrol

In the summer of 1776, the restored Fort Stanwix (renamed as Fort Schuyler) sat on what was the western edge of civilization in present…

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People October 25, 2016 October 25, 2016

The Worthy but Troubled Continental Service of Capt. Barent J. Ten Eyck

With the clash of arms that began the American Revolution, Capt. Barent J. Ten Eyck, of the Albany County Militia, served as courier for…

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The War Years (1775-1783) September 22, 2016 September 15, 2016

The 3rd New Jersey Regiment’s Mighty Dueling Frolic

Mr. Duncan McDougall, a merchant from German Flats area of New York’s Mohawk Valley, joined Capt. Joseph Bloomfield’s company of the 3rd New Jersey…