Fort Granby

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Engineering and Technology, The War Years (1775-1783) June 24, 2020 June 23, 2020

Tower of Victory

by Jeff Dacus

As far back as the eleventh century B.C. attackers confronted by fortified cities and towns, castles, and forts, used siege towers to elevate their…

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Features, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 23, 2018 May 22, 2018

Sumter’s Rounds: The Ill-Fated Campaign of Thomas Sumter, February–March 1781

by Andrew Waters

In February 1781, Thomas Sumter emerged from his three-month convalescence to begin his next campaign in the South Carolina interior. Having been wounded seriously…

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1. Matt Giuliani Seventeen Testimonies Seal New Smyrna’s Fate, 1777

I already knew about New Smyrna, but never realized the atrocities that occurred there. Also, the testimonies of the survivors really make you understand how indentured servitude was basically forcing…
2. Will Monk King Gustav III of Sweden: Friendly Foe of the United States

Thank you, Gene. I vaguely knew of a newspaper story somewhere but that is a great detail.
3. Hiller B. Zobel King Gustav III of Sweden: Friendly Foe of the United States

Gustav’s assassination was the original subject of Verdi’s opera, Un Ballo In Maschera. The censors objected to its depiction of a royal murder, so the setting was shifted to Boston!…