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People March 18, 2014 August 28, 2016

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. Brian S. Barrett The American Revolution in Alexandria, Virginia: Upheaval in George Washington’s Hometown

Nice work Kieran. Alexandria as a center for smallpox inoculation is a curiosity. Many Continental officers opposed inoculation because their units were laid up for two weeks or more with…
2. Joseph Lee Boyle Native Americans at Valley Forge

I had some followup in the original article which had to be taken out due to lack of space. As follows: "The Oneidas and Tuscaroras who had allied with the…
3. Gene Procknow Major James Wemyss: Second Most Hated British Officer in the South

Wemyss is buried in the Old Burying Hill Cemetery in Huntington Long Island. His grave marker reads, "Formerly a distinguished Officer in the service of his country." This area was…