Author Archives: Phill Greenwalt

Using the King’s Highway to Trap a King’s Army

Posted on October 20, 2019

A few weeks ago, heading to the airport after the first Emerging Revolutionary War symposium, fellow ERW historian Rob Orrison made a pit stop in a residential neighborhood in Prince William County, Virginia. To the average traveler to the Ronald … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1781, comte de Rochambeau, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, King George III, King Louis XVI, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Prince William County, Robert Orrison, Siege of Yorktown, Virginia | 1 Comment

“Soldiers and Countrymen…”

Posted on September 11, 2019

Before the horrific terrorist attacks that struck the United States on September 11, 2001, this date in American history saw the longest single day engagement with the highest number of combatants during the entire American Revolution fought in southeastern Pennsylvania. … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Northern Theater | Tagged 1777, 2001, Battle of Brandywine, British, British Army, Continental Army, Continentals, Joab Trout, Library of Congress, New Hampshire, NYPL, September 11 | Leave a comment

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Posted on August 27, 2019

Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, and finally Marquis de Vauban, as one of his biographies begins, is probably not a household name to many enthusiasts of American history. Especially since he died on March 30, 1707 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War | Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, comte de Rochambeau, de Vauban, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Gloucester Point, Lord Charles Cornwallis, siege, Siege of Yorktown, siegecraft, Yorktown | Leave a comment

“De Kalb has died, as he has lived, the unconquered friend of liberty”

Posted on August 19, 2019

On this date in 1780, Johann von Robias, Baron de Kalb, died of wounds received three days earlier during the Battle of Camden, South Carolina. de Kalb, born on June 19, 1721 in the Principality of Bayreuth, was in charge … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater | Tagged 1780, 1825, August 16, August 19, Baron DeKalb, Battle of Camden, Benjamin Franklin, British, Camden, Continental Army, Delaware, Emerging Revolutionary War, General Horatio Gates, George Washington, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Marylanders, Phillip S. Greenwalt, South Carolina | 1 Comment

Review: Founding Martyr, The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero by Christian Di Spigna

Posted on July 22, 2019

Doctor. Major General. President of the Provincial Congress. Author of political tracts. A true patriot. Forgotten. All these words, plus many more, are titles that depict the life of Dr. Joseph Warren. However, the last term is most synonymous with … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory | Tagged 1775, Abigail Adams, Battle of Bunker Hill, Christian Di Spigna, Committee of Corresspondence, Committee of Safety, Continental Congress, Dr. Joseph Warren, Emerging Revolutionary War, Founding Fathers, Founding Martyr, John Adams, John Hancock, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Samuel Adams, Suffolk Resolves | Leave a comment

On this date in….1776

Posted on July 2, 2019

A few random musings on the importance of this date in American Revolutionary history… This day was the date that the assembled Second Continental Congress voted on the draft of a document that was Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from … Continue reading →

Posted in Continental Congress, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation | Tagged American Independence, Continental Army, Declaration of Independence, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Independence Day, Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park, John Adams, July 2, July Fourth, Philadelphia, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Richard Henry Lee, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas McKean | Leave a comment

Unfinished Business?

Posted on June 17, 2019

While prepping for a few summer programs I was re-reading The Road to Guilford Courthouse, The American Revolution in the Carolinas by John Buchanan. In his prologue, Buchanan states the following premise: “But that tragedy [the American Civil War] is of … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater | Tagged American Civil War, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Carolinas, Civil War, Emerging Revolutionary War, John Buchanan, The Road to Guilford Courthouse | 3 Comments