8
The Delcastle Cannonball
bySeveral years ago, I set out to understand the movements of the British army through Delaware and into Pennsylvania in early September 1777. It…
Artillery
8
4
Volunteer Overload: Foreign Support of the American Cause Prior to the French Alliance
byAside from being outmanned by the best army in the world when the American Revolution started, it was clear that the American forces were…
2
The Thunderer, British Floating Gun-Battery on Lake Champlain
byThe radeau (French, singular for “raft”) was co-opted for eighteenth century warfare on and along Lake George and Lake Champlain, to deal with the challenges…
2
Captain Septimus Noel: Ordnance Fleet Commodore
byHistory occasionally provides a pleasant surprise by revealing the record of an ordinary person who, thrust into a unique role, performed extraordinary services for…
21
Henry Knox’s “Noble Train of Artillery:” No Ox for Knox
byThe best-known scene of Col. Henry Knox’s train of artillery in the winter of 1775-1776 is Tom Lovell’s painting The Noble Train of Artillery….
6
The Balls Whistled Over Our Heads: Continentals and Cannonballs
byThe booming roar of cannon shattered the stillness of the warm summer air around Boston. A thirty-two pound cannonball screamed through the sky toward…
3
Reamstown Provides: A Pennsylvania Town’s Contribution to Valley Forge
byIn a cemetery behind the Salem United Church of Christ, in Reamstown, Lancaster County, a boulder stands: This grinding bowl from East Cocalico is…
2
The American Gunners at Yorktown
byThe Siege of Yorktown began subsequent to the movement of about fifty thousand American and French soldiers and sailors to eastern Virginia, twenty-eight thousand…
7
Richard Gridley: A Nearly Forgotten Patriot
byAs the British surveyed the fortifications being built upon Breed’s Hill across the harbor from Boston proper, beside the farmers, shop keepers, tradesmen and…