Author: Thomas Thorleifur Sobol

Thomas Thorleifur Sobol graduated from the College of William & Mary in 2011 with a double major in history and international relations. He works for the National Park Service as an interpretive ranger at Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey where he shares his passion for the Revolutionary War with visitors from around the world. Previously, he served as a Department of Interior VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in Millinocket, Maine.

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William Maxwell, New Jersey’s Hard Fighting General

Brig. Gen. William “Scotch Willie” Maxwell usually receives scant attention in books covering the American Revolution. If the author mentions Maxwell at all, the cursory biographical sketch usually focuses on his nickname, his heavy drinking, and his Irish origin. This colorful portrayal does not give credit to Maxwell’s many contributions during the war, most significantly […]

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Virginia Looking Westward: From Lord Dunmore’s War through the Revolution

Taxation without representation has been the traditionally accepted cause of the American Revolution. Such an understanding of the Revolution, while valid, does not give credit to its complexity. An often-neglected aspect of Virginia’s American Revolution experience is the importance of the frontier. Soil exhaustion, a recurrent problem of Virginia’s tobacco economy, turned planters into land […]

by Thomas Thorleifur Sobol