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Critical Thinking Posted on June 1, 2015June 2, 2015

Contributor Close-up: Michael Schellhammer

About Michael Schellhammer: Michael Schellhammer is a former U.S. Army infantry, intelligence, and civil affairs officer. He served in the Persian Gulf War, Haiti, Bosnia, and Iraq. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin. He is the author of The 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers in the […]

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Critical Thinking Posted on July 3, 2013January 2, 2015

Washington and the Final British Campaign for the Hudson River, 1779

In 1779 General George Washington and British Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton were locked in a stalemate around New York City. Clinton desperately wanted to lure Washington into a climactic battle that would destroy the Continental Army but his forces were not strong enough to fight Washington on his own ground. Clinton attacked Connecticut in an […]

by Hugh T. Harrington