Horatio Nelson

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Illness and Disease, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783), War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) September 22, 2020 September 24, 2020

The British Invade Nicaragua: The San Juan Expedition

by George Kotlik

According to Andrew Jackson O’ Shaughnessy, the San Juan Expedition was among “the most ambitious enterprises of the American Revolutionary War.”[1] In 1779, after Spain’s…

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Conflict & War, Features, The War Years (1775-1783) April 17, 2018 April 16, 2018

An American Sea Captain Encounters Horatio Nelson—And Lives to Tell the Tale

by David Kindy

Few sea captains could claim they crossed bowsprits with Lord Nelson and sailed away – ship and cargo intact – but Nathaniel Carver of…

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