James Moncrief

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Battles, Features, People, The War Years (1775-1783) February 22, 2021 February 20, 2021

Black Haitian Soldiers at the Siege of Savannah

by Robert Scott Davis

The story of the Black Haitian soldiers serving in the French army in the battles to wrest Savannah, Georgia, from the British in September–October…

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) July 22, 2020 July 21, 2020

Certain British and British American Actors in the Southern Theater of the War

by Ian Saberton

This article supplements one of mine that appeared in the Journal of the American Revolutionin November 2016.[1] Based partly on The Cornwallis Papers,[2] it…

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1. Russell Hopp Ten Graves of Patriot Spies

I wonder if anything in the spy game is known about Elijah Townsend. There is a statement about his post war: Ludington was sociable and often in his retirement met…
2. Mike Barbieri “Good and Sufficient Testimony:” The Development of the Revolutionary War Pension Plan

I suspect the vast majortiy of differences in service dates between governmental records and veterans' accounts came from foggy memories. These guys are trying to recall events from forty or…
3. HENRY T. PAISTE, III Skirmish at James’s Plantation: Victory and Defeat for Benedict Arnold in Virginia

AMAZING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION REF.ARNOLD IN VIRGINIA - AND LATER ON. NEEDS TO BE READ THREE OR FOUR TIMES -- TO "DIGEST" THE MAIN POINTS OF THIS "VAST WORK"... NICELY…