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The Revolution told by one of the Navy’s Greatest Ships
byThe importance of the maritime history of the American Revolution is often overlooked. Most of the war was fought on land, and what few…
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Captain John Peck Rathbun: As Audacious as John Paul Jones
byJohn Paul Jones tends to overshadow the study of the American Revolution at sea. While his accolades are well deserved, Jones earned many of…
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The Final Theaters, the Final Fights
byThe British defeat at Yorktown in October 1781 did little to convince those fighting that peace was near. Gen. George Washington pleaded with his…
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Who Really “Crossed the T” in the Battle of the Saintes?
byWhen de Grasse’s fleet left Yorktown for the Caribbean on November 4, 1781, he was already planning how to pursue the second objective of…
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A Meal Afloat
byAs early as October of 1775, the Continental Congress voted to authorize its first naval vessels[1], and as these ships were outfitted and crewed,…
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“Strange Mismanagement”: The Capture of HMS Syren
byAfter a British fleet of seventy-one warships and transports entered Narragansett Bay on December 7, 1776, and the next day landed soldiers that occupied…
Bushnell’s Mine Nearly Sinks a Ship
byWhen the Royal Navy fleet of warships and transports, carrying a British army of more than 7,000 soldiers, passed New London, Connecticut, on December…
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The First Naval Skirmish of the Revolution
byIn mid May 1775, just weeks after the bloody Battle of April Nineteenth had sparked the start of the American Revolution, the perhaps first…
The 10 Commandments of American Victory
byWhile recently watching “The Ten Commandments,” starring Charlton Heston, I pondered a few thoughts. First, they don’t make flicks like that anymore. Secondly, wouldn’t…