Fort George

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Engineering and Technology, Historic Sites, The War Years (1775-1783) November 21, 2019 January 2, 2020

Bernard Romans and the First Attempt at Fortifying the Hudson River

by George F. Reasor

Lord Stirling was not happy. The American brigadier general[1] was on a mission from George Washington to inspect the newly built fortifications in the Hudson…

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Law, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) May 28, 2019 May 27, 2019

The Court-Martial of Captain Joel Pratt

by Philip D. Weaver

On one Sunday morning in late April 1775, news arrived in Spencertown, New York, of the occurrences at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. This alarm…

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Diaries and Journals, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) October 11, 2018 October 10, 2018

Finding Edward Wigglesworth’s Lost Diary

by C. E. Pippenger

Col. Edward Wigglesworth took part in some of the most consequential actions of the American Revolution, but, like so many such men, we know…

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