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The British Soldiers Who Marched to Concord, April 19, 1775
byDuring the night of April 18-19, 1775, a force of roughly 700 British soldiers left Boston on a mission to find and destroy rebel…
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Worthy of Commemmoration
byWe recently ran an article about monuments commemorating the American Revolution. We asked our contributors: If you could commission a monument, what would you…
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Women on Trial: British Soldiers’ Wives Tried by Court Martial
byWives of British soldiers were allowed to accompany their husbands overseas, much like spouses of military personnel often do today. Unlike modern militaries, however,…
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Born at Ticonderoga; Died at Waterloo
byOn July 4, 1777, as Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne’s expedition on Lake Champlain prepared for a siege of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, camp follower…
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Duncan Grant’s Wife Margaret: Someone to write home about
byDuncan Grant was proud of his wife. She was someone to write home about, and that’s exactly what he did. In a letter to…
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Untangling British Army Ranks
byAfter a few years of editing articles for this journal, it’s become apparent that the ranks of British officers sometimes confuse people. By “sometimes”…
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British Veterans of Two Wars
byThe British army that fought in the opening engagements of the American Revolution in 1775 was not a wartime army, it was a peacetime…
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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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It Wasn’t Billy the Ram
byI often caution researchers that data tells us what, not why. This is particularly true of material like muster rolls that give us information…
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Peggy Left the Party, and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
byIt probably started out as a good party, but as sometimes happens when merriment is mixed with a little too much alcohol, it ended…
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Three Brave British Army Wives
bySome time ago we saw the story of Mrs. Middleton, the wife of a British soldier, who took several Americans prisoner at the battle…
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Top 10 Reasons to Join the British Army
byThe army that attempted to subdue rebellion in America in the 1770s and 1780s consisted primarily of soldiers from the British regular army. Although…
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Would they change their names?
byRead the newspapers published during the American Revolution, and you’ll find descriptions of deserters. It doesn’t matter which newspaper, or whether it was published…
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How Old Were Redcoats? Age and Experience of British Soldiers in America
byIt seems that almost every author who mentions British soldiers in their discussion of the American Revolution includes adjectives like “young” and “inexperienced” without…
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Westholme Publishing: Four Selections
byI write the following book reviews to promote a small, but well-respected, outfit specializing in publishing Revolutionary War books (as well as other nonfiction…
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He’d rather be painting…
byThe 38th Regiment of Foot, consisting of about 450 officers and men (not to mention about 60 soldiers’ wives and an unknown number of…
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How General Leslie Really Died
byBritish Lt. Gen. Alexander Leslie, 50, was burned out, ill, missed his daughter, and wanted to go home. He had arrived in South Carolina…
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American Towns named for British Soldiers
byIf you want to visit a town named for a Revolutionary War veteran, it’s pretty easy to do. There’s the nation’s capital, of course,…
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The Aim of British Soldiers
byMyth: British soldiers were taught not to aim, but merely to point the piece towards the target[1] …the British soldier was a poor marksman….
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The Fate of British Regulars
byI read with interest Thomas Fleming’s article, “The Fate of Regulars.” Readers may be interested to know that British soldiers had much better prospects…
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British Soldiers, American War – Voices of the American Revolution
byAmericans, even Americans who enjoy studying the American Revolution, don’t know much about the British soldiers. While British officers have left some written accounts…
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Top 10 Facts About British Soldiers
by1 // They were volunteers The British Army was not allowed to force men into service by conscription or impressment. When the war began,…