Susquehanna Valley

Frontier, Interviews, Militia, The War Years (1775-1783) March 15, 2023 March 14, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Chris Yohn on the Big Runaway

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Chris Yohn, on his research about how settlers in the Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna valley were able…

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Frontier, Militia, The War Years (1775-1783) February 23, 2023 February 23, 2023

The Big Runaway: Turning Point of the Susquehanna West Branch Settlers

by Chris Yohn

Pennsylvania settlers of the Susquehanna West Branch Valley endured extreme hardship through the first years of the revolution. The men and supplies they provided…

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1. Walt C The Delcastle Cannonball

McLane's mounted company were always around, seldom seen. It's possible they were the unit that left smoldering campfires above Hockessin Meetinghouse when the British arrived, late afternoon of Sep 9.…
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

It has nothing to do with era it was written. The book is part of the "Army Lineage Series." It had to be written to match that premise. It is…
3. Bob Winowitch Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Phil, I know we disagree on some of Wright's work, but this holds true for the three Suffolk County companies enlisted into the Third NY of '75. Those three companies…