Easy as Falling Off a Horse
byHorses have been used for transportation for thousands of years, but have caused countless injuries and deaths. There is a saying that the only…
Horses have been used for transportation for thousands of years, but have caused countless injuries and deaths. There is a saying that the only…
After nearly a quarter of a millennium, what do we really know about the militia and state troops that served during the Revolutionary War?…
This article supplements one of mine that appeared in the Journal of the American Revolutionin November 2016.[1] Based partly on The Cornwallis Papers,[2] it…
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer speaks with electrical engineer and JAR contributor Stephen John Katzberg on the significance of the Battle of Eutaw…
The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas after the fall of Charleston was a great arena of war with hundreds of small battlefields. Some were…
When dealing with available sources to investigate questions related to historical events, the researcher has at his disposal a limited set from which to…
There is no dignity in being forgotten. A case in point is Virginia Lt. Col. Richard Campbell, a Continental officer who died bravely for…
The Road to Charleston, Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution by John Buchanan (University Press of Virginia, 2019) John Buchanan’s latest account of the southern theater…
September 8, 1781 Francis Marion is best known for his leadership in the partisan war of 1780-1781, during which he and his volunteer militia…