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A Phantom at Middle Brook: Washington in the New Jersey Short Hills
byMost of the stories told of George Washington are tales of complete fiction. He never chopped down a cherry tree, at least not in…
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The James McMichael Journal, June 11, 1777–September 11, 1777
byEditor’s Note: This is part three of a five-part series. Part one. Part two. The portion of James McMichael’s journal covering June 11 through…
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Baptism of Fire, Brunswick, New Jersey, June 1777
byIn late May 1777 the new recruits in Col. Samuel Blachley Webb’s 9th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army mustered in a rough formation…
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Action At Sabbath Day Point,
March 20, 1777
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Samuel MacKay The American invasion of Canada of 1775 failed during the following winter when the siege of Quebec City was raised by the…
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The Setauket Raid – December 1777
byOn the 1st of December 1777 Colonel Samuel B. Webb noted in his journal,[1] … At Horseneck [Greenwich, CT]. This day my Regiment marched…
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Fort Anne: Remembering the Continental Army’s First Stand Against Burgoyne
byBurgoyne’s campaign of 1777 has been termed a turning point in the American Revolution.[1] Marked by the Continental Army’s victories at the battles of…
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1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga
byBook review: 1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga by Dean Snow (Oxford University Press, October, 2016) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] I can hear it now—“Another book…
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A Shocking Havoc: The Plundering of Westfield, New Jersey, June 26, 1777
byBefore a single British soldier set foot on New Jersey soil, Deputy Adjutant-General of the British Army in North America Stephen Kemble was concerned…
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An American Perspective on the Peekskill Raid
byJamaican-born Scotsman Colonel Ann Hawkes Hay of the 2nd Regiment of Orange County Militia looked over his property in Haverstraw, New York towards the…
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Martin Hurley’s Last Charge
byBy the time he arrived in Boston with the 44th Regiment of Foot, Martin Hurley was an experienced soldier. He’d joined the army in…
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Incidents Near Fort Ticonderoga on June 17, 1777
byA soldier writes his wife: Mount Independence, June 8, 1777 I heartily embrace the opportunity to write to you, hoping that these will find…
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Sir Henry Clinton Attempts to Save the Convention Army
byIn late October of 1777, America celebrated its first capture of a British Army; General Horatio Gates had defeated General Sir John Burgoyne near…
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Washington’s Second Christmas Day Attack
byFrom the intelligence provided by his New York and New Jersey spies, General Washington believed, early in 1777, that General Howe would eventually strike…
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Fortifying Philadelphia: A Chain of Redoubts and Floating Bridges
byOn August 25, 1777 General William Howe with 17,000 men landed at Head of Elk, Maryland; he was 57 miles south of the city…
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The Battle of Millstone
byThe Battle of Millstone in central New Jersey on 20 January 1777,[1] is a “local interest” battle, the kind that is often known only…
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So Heavy a Trial: The Burning of New York’s First Capital
by“We are hellishly frightened,” Gouverneur Morris wrote to a friend on October 8, 1777.[1] Morris was attending to the business of the New York…
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Ti’s Evacuation and the Battle of Hubbardton
byThe evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga in July, 1777, is a well-known incident of the American Revolution. Directly related to it is the Battle of…
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“Strange Mismanagement”: The Capture of HMS Syren
byAfter a British fleet of seventy-one warships and transports entered Narragansett Bay on December 7, 1776, and the next day landed soldiers that occupied…
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British Spy Plot to Capture
Fort Ticonderoga in 1777
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Peter Livius, chief justice of the province of Quebec and former justice of New Hampshire, wrote a letter on June 2, 1777 to American…
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Debating Arnold’s Role at Freeman’s Farm
byIn September of 1777 the Patriots won big by stopping Major General “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne dead in his tracks at the battle of Freeman’s…
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Continental Dragoons in the Schoharie Valley
byThe strategy approved by King George and his government for the defeat of the American rebellion in 1777 was to invade upstate New York…
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Taking to Devil’s Den
byThe crevices and stony outcroppings of Devil’s Den, a 1,756-acre nature preserve in Weston and Redding, Connecticut, can provide shelter for hikers during an…
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It’s Not All Burgers and Beer
by“The day will be most memorable in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations…
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Bennington Fatally Delays Burgoyne
byA bit of time in the summer of 1777 nearly turned the conception of a United States into a stillborn notion. It is commonly…
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The Myth of Rifleman Timothy Murphy
byEvery historical researcher, and readers of history books and magazines, must constantly keep in mind the power of the written word. Whether reading for…