Signals and Pilots: Cooperating with the French Fleet, 1778
byFrance officially joined the American colonies in their struggle for independence on February 6, 1778. On this day two treaties were signed: the first was…
France officially joined the American colonies in their struggle for independence on February 6, 1778. On this day two treaties were signed: the first was…
Silas Talbot was a remarkable Revolutionary War notable who was astute and tactically flexible. He was at various times an artisan, entrepreneur, privateer, Rhode…
“My fate is hard,” Sir Henry Clinton remarked after learning that he had been named commander of the British army in May 1778, adding…
Historians have long appreciated that the colonies could not have won the American Revolutionary War against the most powerful nation in the world without…
The story of the Black Haitian soldiers serving in the French army in the battles to wrest Savannah, Georgia, from the British in September–October…
On the morning of October 9, 1779, one of the bloodiest and most forgotten battles of the American Revolution took place during the Siege…
One would expect that a country that had been at war for five years would welcome its first ally with open arms. We might…