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Features, Reviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 20, 2021 January 25, 2021

Review: All at Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolution

by Timothy Symington

All At Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolutionary War by John Dillon. (Warwick, England: Helion & Company Limited, 2019) The…

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Top 10 British Losers

by Andrew O’Shaughnessy

The American Revolutionary War was a war Britain seemingly should have won. Its failure is popularly blamed upon the incompetence of the political and…

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1. Bob Crothers Key to Victory: Foreign Assistance to America’s Revolutionary War

Several books about the battles of Saratoga and Trumbull's famous painting of Burgoyne' Surrender make reference to the presence of French Artillery at both Saratoga battles. This material had been…
2. Ernest abel Congress’s “Committee on Spies” and the Court-Martial Policies of General Washington

A part of American history unknown to most. Impressive scholarship.
3. Eric Sterner John Rutledge: Governor of South Carolina, 1779

Hi Wayne: It is a bit of a challenge and one I can't claim to have tackled. Honestly, if I was trying to answer those questions I'd probably ask you…