Nicholas Herkimer

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Frontier, Native Americans, People, Postwar Politics (>1783), The War Years (1775-1783) September 20, 2022 September 20, 2022

Marinus Willett: The Exploits of an Unheralded War Hero

by Richard J. Werther

Marinus Willett was born the son of a Quaker, Edward Willett, on July 31, 1740, in Jamaica, Long Island (now part of Queens). After…

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Features July 30, 2020 July 26, 2020

Longhouse Lost: The Battle of Oriskany and the Iroquois Civil War

by Brady J. Crytzer

The coming of the American Revolution traumatized the North American frontier, and many old orders were left shattered in its wake. While historians often…

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People April 27, 2016 August 28, 2016

Top 10 Patriot Militia Commanders of the Revolutionary War

by Thomas Thorleifur Sobol

Having recently discovered Journal of the American Revolution, I have spent many hours reading through the archive. I particularly enjoy reading the discussions that…

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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…