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The War Years (1775-1783) August 12, 2013 August 28, 2016

Continental Dragoons in the Schoharie Valley

by Gavin K. Watt

The strategy approved by King George and his government for the defeat of the American rebellion in 1777 was to invade upstate New York…

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