Fort Watson

Engineering and Technology, Features, Interviews, People, Strategy July 26, 2020 July 26, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Jeff Dacus on the “Tower of Victory” at the Siege of Fort Watson

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On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Jeff Dacus on how Light Horse Harry Lee and Francis Marion were able to successfully capture…

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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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