Connecticut Militia

Battles, Logistics, Pension Records, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) August 31, 2021 August 30, 2021

Continental and Militia Cavalry Compared: A Case Study from Saratoga, 1777

by Dean Snow

George Washington and various of his generals had their doubts about the effectiveness of volunteer militia units as the Revolutionary War intensified. The solution…

Features, Interviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) May 24, 2020 May 24, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Matthew Reardon on the Whaleboat Wars on the Connecticut River

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor Matthew Reardon on the Loyalist raid up the Connecticut River in 1782 when…

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1. Gary Shattuck Fort Anne: Remembering the Continental Army’s First Stand Against Burgoyne

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2. Editors Fort Anne: Remembering the Continental Army’s First Stand Against Burgoyne

The fort is Fort Anne, named for a queen of England. The town where it is located is, today, named Fort Ann. The reason for the different spelling of the…
3. Editors The Perfidious Benjamin Church and Paul Revere

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