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Battles, Historic Sites, The War Years (1775-1783) December 14, 2021 December 13, 2021

Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware’s Only Revolutionary War Battle

by Kim Burdick

On December 5, 2018, the State of Delaware announced that it had acquired the historic property at Cooch’s Bridge, site of the only Revolutionary…

Washington’s Head of Elk Reconnaissance: A New Letter (and and Old Receipt)

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Historic Sites, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) April 16, 2020 April 16, 2020

Washington’s Head of Elk Reconnaissance: A New Letter (and and Old Receipt)

by Gary Ecelbarger

The Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 took definitive shape when Gen. William Howe successfully landed his 16,000 officers and men near Head of Elk (now…

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1. Walt C The Delcastle Cannonball

McLane's mounted company were always around, seldom seen. It's possible they were the unit that left smoldering campfires above Hockessin Meetinghouse when the British arrived, late afternoon of Sep 9.…
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

It has nothing to do with era it was written. The book is part of the "Army Lineage Series." It had to be written to match that premise. It is…
3. Bob Winowitch Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Phil, I know we disagree on some of Wright's work, but this holds true for the three Suffolk County companies enlisted into the Third NY of '75. Those three companies…