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Category Archives: Armies
Captain John Ashby
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Travis Shaw. Part One As he looked northward across the open ground in front of his position, Captain John Ashby could see the advance guard of the British army moving steadily closer. They came … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Minute Men, Northern Theater, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1776, American Revolution, Battle of Harlem Heights, Battle of Trenton, Blue Ridge Mountains, Crooked Run, Culpeper Minute Battalion, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fauquier County, French and Indian War, General George Washington, George Washington, James Monroe, John Ashby, Manhattan, New York, Travis Shaw, Virginia, William Washington, Yew Hill
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The Crawford Campaign, 1782: American Strategy in Ohio, 1781-1782
(part one of five) War on the American frontier was generally brutal, but few incidents inflamed American passions in the country’s early history as much as the torture and execution of Colonel William Crawford in June 1782 in Northwestern Ohio. … Continue reading
Uncovering the Continental Army in Morristown
Part of an ongoing series of about the Continental Army in Morristown, New Jersey. For the first post, click here. “The smallpox has made such head in every quarter that I find it impossible to keep it from spreading thro’ … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Army Heritage Center Foundation, Continental Army, Emerging Revolutionary War, First Baptist Church, George Washington, Morristown, Morristown National Historical Park, Smallpox
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General Edward Hand: The Squaw Campaign
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Eric Sterner. In February 1778, Brigadier General Edward Hand, commanding Continental forces at Fort Pitt on the American frontier, launched what may be one of the oddest campaigns of the American Revolution, more famous … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1774, 1782, 18th Royal Irish Regiment, American Revolutionary War, Edward Hand, Ireland, militia, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio River, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Revolutionary War, Squaw Campaign, Wyandot
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George Washington; October 17, 1781
While reading background on the siege and victory at Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781, I came across the following passage written by historian Jerome Greene. “The officer was then quickly escorted to Washington’s headquarters in a nearby house, … Continue reading
