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Departing from Morristown, New Jersey, the Continental Army’s Maryland Division, Delaware Regiment, and 1st Continental artillery (approximately 1,400 men), were ordered south in April…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews historians and JAR contributor&nbsp;Michael Cecere. In his new book United for Independence: The American Revolution in the…Though he played a significant role in British victory at the Battle of Camden August 16, 1780, the leadership of Lt. Col. Francis, Lord…In 1805, Margaret (Moncrieffe) Coghlan’s options were running out. For more than a decade, she had been back and forth to the King’s Bench…For many years Paul Revere was not prominent in the history of the Revolutionary War. Extremely versatile, he was a Massachusetts militia officer and…The “Ten Crucial Days” winter campaign of 1776-1777 reversed the tide of war just when Washington’s army appeared near collapse. Beginning with the Christmas…BOOK REVIEW: Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778 by Norman E. Donoghue II. )Penn State University Press 2023) This carefully researched book…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews JAR contributor William H. J. Manthorpe on the Dewees family and their contributions to the Patriot cause….BOOK REVIEW:&nbsp;United for Independence: The American Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1775-1776 by Michael Cecere (Yardley, Pa.: Westholme, 2023) In the American Revolutionary War,…Estimates have appeared in print for generations that 3,000 to 5,000 Black soldiers served in the American military in the Revolution. These claims seldom…William Mehls Dewees (1711-1777) The “Father” of this history is William M. Dewees. He was the son of William Dewees of Germantown (1680-1745), “the…Let’s admit it. Most of us have used or have heard the word “frog” as a derogatory term to refer to the French. But…Andrew Pickens is the very image of the hard-nosed Patriot, but after the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina on May 12, 1780, he gave…The Fidelity Medallion awarded to Isaac Van Wart has been donated to the New York State Museum in Albany by the estate of Rae…BOOK REVIEW:&nbsp;Long Island City in 1776: The Revolution Comes to Queens by Richard Melnick (The History Press, 2023) Richard Melnick’s Long Island City in…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews JAR contributor Benjamin George on how George Washington used information tactically and strategically to manipulate the course…BOOK REVIEW:&nbsp;To the Last Extremity: The Battles for Charleston, 1776-1782&nbsp;by Mark Maloy (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2023) “Walking through historic Charleston,…Thomas Anderson’s journal, covering May 1780 through April 1782, has been lost, but a nineteenth century transcription resides in the Peter Force Collection of…In 1867, The Historical Magazine&nbsp;published “Extracts from the Journal of Lieutenant Thomas Anderson.” The original manuscript at that time belonged to the Maryland Historical…BOOK REVIEW: South Carolina Provincials: Loyalists in British Service During the American&nbsp;Revolution&nbsp;by Jim Piecuch (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2023) In his recently published text, South…The standard interpretation of the Continental Army in the dark and waning months of 1776 often features ragged soldiers, devoid of clothing and basic…Information has been as powerful a weapon as any in the history of warfare. Modern militaries continue to grapple with the power of information…After the Battle of Eutaw Springs&nbsp;in South Carolina on September 8, 1781, the commander of the British forces reported, among other casualties 313 rank…The Battle of Hobkirk Hill (or Hobkirk’s Hill), sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Camden, remains one of the less prominent engagements…Located at the junction of the Acushnet River and thedeep waters of Buzzards Bay, the New Bedford and Fairhaven area became a hub for…When one mentions the Battle of Petersburg in Civil-War-centric Virginia, the immediate reaction is Ulysses S. Grant versus Robert E. Lee in 1864 and…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews historian, author, and JAR contributor David Price on the Battle of Eutaw Springs,&nbsp;South Carolina, September 8, 1781,…Lt. Gen. Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Comte de Rochambeau did not wake up on the morning of June 18, 1781 and order his…BOOK REVIEW: East Florida in the Revolutionary Era 1763-1785&nbsp;by George Kotlik (Athens, GA: NewSouth Books, University of Georgia Press, 2023) Historian and JAR contributor…The Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, on September 8, 1781 was the last major open-field battle of the Revolutionary War and perhaps its…BOOK REVIEW:&nbsp;The Battle of Upper Sandusky, 1782&nbsp; by Eric Sterner. Small Battles Series. (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2023) Eric Sterner’s recent release, The Battle…BOOK REVIEW: Victory Day—Winning American Independence: The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy&nbsp;by Kenneth Scarlett (North Charleston, SC: Palmetto Publishing, 2023) In his recent…Despite the imperative nature of his unusual name, Remember Baker has garnered significantly less historical attention than fellow Green Mountain Boys Ethan Allen&nbsp;and Seth…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews history teacher and JAR contributor John Settle on the fascinating story of Col. Abraham Buford and his…On the second day of 1780, Capt. Silas Burbank of the 12th Massachusetts Regiment sat down to record a deposition from William Walker, a…John Adams was making his way from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania for a convening of the delegates tasked to craft a response to the Coercive…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews JAR contributor Mike Matheny on the highs and lows of General Horatio Gates’s career and reputation. New…BOOK REVIEW: Revolutionary War Defenses in Rhode Island by John K. Robertson (Providence: Rhode Island Publications Society, 2022) Mention Rhode Island during the American…It is axiomatic that the American victory at Saratoga was, aside from events at Yorktown, the pivotal military event of the American Revolution. The…Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution and Founding Era. We feature smart, groundbreaking research and well-written narratives from expert writers. Our work has been featured by the New York Times, TIME magazine, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Smithsonian, Mental Floss, NPR, and more. Journal of the American Revolution also produces annual hardcover volumes, a branded book series, and the podcast, Dispatches.

Departing from Morristown, New Jersey, the Continental Army’s Maryland Division, Delaware Regiment, and 1st Continental artillery (approximately 1,400 men), were ordered south in April…On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer&nbsp;interviews historians and JAR contributor&nbsp;Michael Cecere. In his new book United for Independence: The American Revolution in the…Though he played a significant role in British victory at the Battle of Camden August 16, 1780, the leadership of Lt. Col. Francis, Lord…In 1805, Margaret (Moncrieffe) Coghlan’s options were running out. For more than a...

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