Tag: William Irvine

Posted on November 7, 2024November 6, 2024

On Parole: A Story of Honor, Suffering, and Friendship in the American Revolution

June 9, 1776: The colonel and the preacher exchanged concerned glances as they crouched in the swamp. They were spattered in mud, exhausted, and cut off from their unit. Visibility was poor through the trees, but they could hear the crack of musket fire nearby . . . the enemy was getting close. They saw […]

by Greg Aaron

Posted on May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

A Choice Body of Men: The Continental Army on the Upper Ohio

The settlers who chose to make their homes in the upper Ohio in the mid to late eighteenth century faced a wide variety of challenges to survive in this backcountry, ranging from the distance to centers of trade and population to the difficulty in practicing agriculture in old-growth forests. That this frontier, the area surrounding […]

by David P. Ervin