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Battles, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) April 2, 2019 April 1, 2019

Fiasco: The Disastrous Raid on Montresor’s Island

by Joshua Shepherd

By the evening of September 30, 1776, George Washington was, as he put it, “bereft of every peaceful moment.” During the previous month, his…

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1. Mike Barbieri Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga and Mount Independence

Thanks, Brian. Brown had command of the 3rd Regiment, Berkshire County, MA, militia. I don't think he ever received a Continental commission. He died at Stone Arabia in 1780. I…
2. Mike Barbieri Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga and Mount Independence

British command in the northern theater never abandoned the German troops. At Ti before Brown's Raid, the British 62nd and, at the time of the raid, the 53rd served alongside…
3. Brian S Barrett Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga and Mount Independence

Nice job Michael. Was Brown acting under a Continental commission or on behalf of Massachusetts? The disposition of the plunder Brown took is another curiosity of mine. Did Vermont get…