The 2nd Connecticut Regiment at Edge Hill
A fire fight erupted on the densely wooded Pennsylvania ridge. Caught in a crossfire from three sides, men of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment began…
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A Fatal Dispute Among the Guards
The British evacuation of Philadelphia had been under way for several days. Given the honor to be among the last units to leave, the…
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William Allen and His Family: Tories or Patriots?
Common wisdom paints William Allen, a wealthy and prominent Pennsylvanian, as a traitor to the cause of American independence. As the revolution grew, the…
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Charles Craig’s Final Statement
In his last moments, with calculated efficiency, he bolted the bedroom door so no one could interrupt the execution of his final act. Charles…
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The Tireless Pension Pursuit of Bristol Budd Sampson
On an October day in 1820, a fourteen-year-old African American boy trudged along a rural lane near the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Two hundred…
One famous, one forgotten: John Eager Howard and Patrick Duffey
In late November 1777, Col. William Grayson and a group of gentlemen gathered in a tavern near Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, a mile and half in…