Duncan Robertson, 71st Regiment of Foot, Wanders Off
byThree pounds was a lot money for a working man in Scotland in the mid-1770s. More than two months’ pay for a laborer, it…
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Silas Talbot, Continental Army Mariner
bySilas Talbot was a remarkable Revolutionary War notable who was astute and tactically flexible. He was at various times an artisan, entrepreneur, privateer, Rhode…
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William Tryon and the Park that Still Bears His Name
byFort Tryon Park, sixty-seven acres just north of the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan, is a bucolic refuge among the skyscrapers of New York…
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From Prisoner to Schoolmaster: The Revolutionary War Story of Lt. Thomas White
byThomas White, a twenty-two-year-old farmer in Chester County, Pennsylvania, answered the call to fight for the establishment of a new nation. The choice altered…
This Week on Dispatches: Derrick E. Lapp on the Bunker Hill Effect
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews VMI and University of Maryland, Baltimore graduate Derrick E. Lapp on the “Bunker Hill Effect” on decision…
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The Fall of Fort Washington: The “Bunker Hill Effect”?
byIt was the one of the worst defeats suffered by the Americans during the War for Independence, certainly the worst over which George Washington…
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Top Ten Quotes of Major General Charles Lee
byCharles Lee served as second-in-command of the Continental Army, subordinate only to George Washington. Born in England, Lee was the best-educated and most widely-read…
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Historic Structures and Sites Worth Preserving?
byA recent article mentioned Sidman’s Tavern in New Jersey, a building with strong connections to the American Revolution that is under threat of destruction….
James McCubbin Lingan, an American Story
byOf the thousands of men and women who contributed to the Patriot cause during the American Revolution, James McCubbin Lingan (1751–1812) stands out with…
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The Extraordinary Life of Isaac Grant of Judea, Connecticut
byThe old man stepped out into the sun, shut his door, and turned north, leaving his home in Gainesville, New York, for the county…
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Antoine Felix Wuibert: The French “Forrest Gump” of the American Revolution
byAntoine Félix Wuibert was one of the earliest foreign volunteers to the War of the American Revolution, arriving even before the United States pronounced…
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A Dutiful Soldier Misses the Battle
byWe sometimes use the phrase “at the right place at the right time” when describing the circumstances of someone’s good fortune. In war, the…
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Washington’s Belated Admission
by“This is a most unfortunate affair and has given me great Mortification as we have lost not only two thousand Men that were there,…