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Why Newport, Rhode Island, Scorned the French
byOne would expect that a country that had been at war for five years would welcome its first ally with open arms. We might…
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Historic Structures and Sites Worth Preserving?
byA recent article mentioned Sidman’s Tavern in New Jersey, a building with strong connections to the American Revolution that is under threat of destruction….
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George Washington’s 1781 Campaign Design Revealed
byGeorge Washington closed a July 31, 1788 letter to Noah Webster noting that Webster’s “desire of obtaining truth is very laudable, I wish I…
Rochambeau’s Arrest
byThe French army was returning from Yorktown, Virginia in 1782 on their way to Newport and Boston. Lt. Gen. Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur…
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Command and Control During the Yorktown Campaign
byThe definitions of joint command of land, maritime, air and other forces as practiced by the United States military today were unknown to those…
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Planning the Final Action: George Washington and Rochambeau, May 1781
byAfter the Americans’ stunning victory at Saratoga on October 17, 1777, King Louis XVI ordered his ministers to negotiate a formal alliance between France…
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Washington’s Deviation to Virginia
byGeneral Washington received the disappointing news on August 14, 1781. Comte De Grasse’s powerful French fleet of nearly thirty warships was not sailing for…