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Frontier, Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) October 28, 2020 October 25, 2020

The Connolly Plot

by Eric Sterner

During the Revolutionary War, Pittsburgh was a place of constant political and economic intrigue, double-dealing, subversion, back-stabbing, disloyalty, and treachery. One of the earliest…

Features, Interviews, People, Prisoners of War, The War Years (1775-1783) October 18, 2020 October 18, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Alex White on the Revolutionary Story of Thomas White

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and University of Wisconsin-Madison employee Alex White on discovering his ancestor’s experience as an officer…

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1. Bill Welsch Colonel Daniel Hitchcock of Rhode Island

Very nice article, Damien. Thanks. Certainly one of the overlooked figures of the early war. I know you remember my Morristown comments. Question. Your refer above to Richard Varnum. Do…
2. Dr. John Concannon Colonel Daniel Hitchcock of Rhode Island

Of note found in the Gaspee Virtual Archives-- http://gaspee.org/DanielHitchcockEsq.htm "In the beginning of the Revolution he enlisted in the Continental army, and commanded a Rhode Island regiment at the siege…
3. Richard Welch Leading Like the Swamp Fox: The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion

What is considered the best overall study of the war in the south c. 1779-83?