Congress’s “Committee on Spies” and the Court-Martial Policies of General Washington
byIn the weeks before it declared independence, the Continental Congress was already hard at work building the institutions it would need to maintain the…
In the weeks before it declared independence, the Continental Congress was already hard at work building the institutions it would need to maintain the…
In the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, as the British Army repositioned its forces from western frontier posts into American cities, many…
During the American Revolution, many players were removed from the chess board of war as a result of capture. From individual soldiers and sailors…
Put yourself, in your mind’s eye, back in June 1776, specifically, the period between June 7 and July 1. It is precisely at that…
During the American Revolution, Bergen County, New Jersey, was flooded with combatants from all over America, many of whom had never been to the…
While the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on holiday in the summer of 1774, his office continued to receive…
War, an odious invention of man, attempts to portray the enemy as subhuman, unworthy of normal sympathy. Civilized societies respected the sanctity of human…
New Jersey Governor William Franklin is one of the forgotten major players in the American Revolution. By the fall of 1775, he was the…