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The American Revolution came as a fire storm. No section of America was untouched or unaltered. The British Colonists who were in open rebellion…
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It has been said of Edward Hand that he was “the stuff of which the hard core” of Washington’s army was made.[1] Indeed, he may…
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In 1777, the third year of the American War for Independence, little had gone in the favor of the Patriots especially in the borderlands….
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On October 19, 1781, Gen. George Washington attained his apex as a soldier. Straddling a spirited charger at the head of a formidable Franco-American…
The settlers who chose to make their homes in the upper Ohio in the mid to late eighteenth century faced a wide variety of…
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“They are remarkably stout and hardy men,” thought army surgeon James Thacher, “Dressed in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats.” The robust…
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The story of the Revolutionary War tends to focus on operations and events east of the Appalachian Mountains, with good reason as most of…
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In June 1777, Henry Hamilton, the British lieutenant governor for Quebec and Superintendent for Indian Affairs at Detroit, held a council at Detroit with…
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Documents that contain the original signatures of more than one Continental Army general are rare. During the eight years of the Revolutionary War, generals…