John Peebles

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Diaries and Journals, Food & Lifestyle, Primary Sources, Religion, The War Years (1775-1783) December 23, 2021 December 20, 2021

Christmas Day: A Soldier’s Holiday?

by John Rees

Soldiers’ celebrations depended on circumstances, personal beliefs, and family or community traditions. David DeSimone notes in his article “Another Look at Christmas in the…

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Culture, People, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) April 1, 2021 March 31, 2021

Easy as Falling Off a Horse

by Joseph Lee Boyle

Horses have been used for transportation for thousands of years, but have caused countless injuries and deaths. There is a saying that the only…

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1. Stuart Manson The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

He was, however, the fellow who was killed at the Battle of Stone Arabia (Mohawk Valley area), October 19, 1780, by a Loyalist-British-Indigenous raiding party under Sir John Johnson.
2. John Concannon The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

Thank you for this informative article. As a point of clarification, this article by Michael Barbieri refers to Col. John Brown, someone not to be confused with the John Brown…
3. Christian McBurney The Great New York Fire of 1776

A model book review Gene well done. Benjamin in his book discusses the possibility that Washington secretly ordered the fires but the author prudently does not go overboard on the…