Nisbet Balfour

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Conflict & War, Critical Thinking, Letters and Correspondence, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) January 8, 2019 January 13, 2019

The Decision that Lost Britain the War: An Enigma Now Resolved

by Ian Saberton

In this article I address the absurdity of Cornwallis’s decision to march from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Virginia and the light thrown on it…

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People November 21, 2016 November 30, 2016

The Revolutionary War in the south: Re-evaluations of certain British and British American actors

by Ian Saberton

Prefatory remarks Wide-ranging and to some degree disparate as they are, my re-evaluations are, on the one hand, compartmentalized under the sub-headings set out…

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1. Eric Sterner 2018 Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award Announced

Great choice! Calloway's book had the greatest impact on my thinking of any book I read this year and it was a good year for works about the period. It…
2. Robert Ulrich Continental Congress vs. Continental Army: Paying For It All

?? What was the "14th" individual body that Washington had to deal with ? Was that Congress, itself, in addition to the 13 colonies ?
3. Jim Piecuch Light-Horse Harry Lee

I'd recommend it for a course focusing on the Early Republic era, but not for a course on the Revolution itself.