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Critical Thinking, Features, People September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

Officers Who Never Saw Combat

by Editors

We asked our contributors, “Who is your favorite military officer that never saw any combat?” The intent was to showcase officers who saw no…

Conflict & War, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) June 25, 2019 June 24, 2019

A Chink in Britain’s Armor: John Paul Jones’s 1778 Raid on Whitehaven

by Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick

John Paul Jones has earned enduring fame in American history for his sailing and fighting exploits during the American Revolution. His influence on the…

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Features, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 23, 2018 May 17, 2019

Elias Boudinot IV: America’s First Commissary General of Prisoners

by Joseph E. Wroblewski

“The prisoner of war is one of the most tragic figures in any conflict.”Larry G. Bowman[1] Various studies have placed the number of Americans…

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1. Derrick Lapp Longhouse Lost: The Battle of Oriskany and the Iroquois Civil War

Great article, Brady. Certainly highlights the complexity of the Revolution. This civil war within a civil war is an aspect I had not considered before. I wonder how Iroquoia might…
2. Keith Muchowski Creating Order: Rufus King and the Nascent American Republic

Geoff, you are indeed correct that the final third of Rufus King's life includes some of the most important and dramatic episodes. The scope of the JAR ends in 1805,…
3. Toni Cummings Longhouse Lost: The Battle of Oriskany and the Iroquois Civil War

I found your article very interesting and the facts told clearer than some other writings I have read. My ancestor Thomas Morgan, from the Johnstown, New York area, is said…