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Frontier, Historiography, The War Years (1775-1783) March 18, 2021 March 15, 2021

Virginia’s Independent Frontier Companies, Part 2 of 2

by Gabriel Neville

The Fifth Virginia Convention convened in Williamsburg in May 1776 with a weighty agenda before it. The 169-year-old colony declared its independence from Britain…

Journals, Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 25, 2020 May 20, 2020

Memorial Day: Recovering the Service of William Tiller, American Soldier

by Michael J. F. Sheehan

Every now and then, one comes across a pension application of an old soldier that includes extraordinary detail. Occasionally the application includes a journal…

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