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Posted on May 10, 2021May 9, 2021

Review: War at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion

War at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion by John Knight (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2020) The American Revolution produced numerous well-known corps of light troops on both sides, some cavalry, some infantry, and some including both. While many are familiar with tales of Patriot riflemen under Daniel Morgan and dashing legion commanders […]

by Todd W. Braisted

Posted on October 15, 2019October 14, 2019

Picking Up the Pieces: Virginia’s “Eighteen-Months Men” of 1780–81

The first half of 1780 had gone disastrously for Virginia. The surrender of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln’s army at Charleston and the destruction of Col. Abraham Buford’s detachment of Virginia continentals at the Waxhaws virtually eliminated Virginia’s continental line. A force that once boasted sixteen regiments and thousands of men was now reduced to a handful of […]

by Michael Cecere

Posted on August 7, 2013August 28, 2016

Debating Waxhaws: Was There a Massacre?

We return to the courtroom of the American Revolution for another debate between Journal of the American Revolution contributors Jim Piecuch and Wayne Lynch. This time the subject is the 1780 Battle of Waxhaws. The debate process is similar to last, but reversed: Piecuch first used 800 words to present his opinion on the matter […]

by Wayne Lynch and Jim Piecuch

Tag: Battle of Waxhaws

Review: War at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion

Picking Up the Pieces: Virginia’s “Eighteen-Months Men” of 1780–81

Debating Waxhaws: Was There a Massacre?