Category Archives: Armies

Announcing the First Emerging Revolutionary War Symposium!

Posted on May 5, 2019 by

Mark your calendars for September 28, 2019!  Emerging Revolutionary War is excited to announce that we are partnering with Gadsby’s Tavern Museum and The Lyceum of Alexandria, VA to bring to you a day long Symposium focusing on the American … Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month: The Story of Anna Maria Lane

Posted on March 18, 2019 by

Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Paige Backus.  Women’s History Month is dedicated to celebrating extraordinary women and encouraging the women of today to be the same.  Throughout American history, there are multitudes of women who certainly were put into … Continue reading →

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Women in War

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

As February turns to March, our friends at American Battlefield Trust (ABT), in honor of Women’s History Month, are starting a series on “Women in War.” The objective of the initiative is to highlight the important role women have played … Continue reading →

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George Rogers Clark Recaptures Fort Sackville, Part I

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

Last fall, I posted several pieces following British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s campaign in the Illinois territory as seen through the eyes of Captain Norman MacLeod.  MacLeod led an advance party stuck with the logistical and diplomatic mission of moving … Continue reading →

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Revolution on the Ohio Frontier: Fort Laurens

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

For much of the American Revolution, the British waged war on their rebelling colonists in the Ohio River Valley via proxy, relying on western Indian nations (Shawnee, Wyandot, Mingo, Chippewa, Ottawa, and others) to attack isolated American settlements and villages … Continue reading →

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Hamilton Recaptures Fort Sackville: Norman MacLeod’s Campaign Journal, December 17, 1778

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

(An occasional series highlighting British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s march south from Detroit to recapture Vincennes (Indiana) on its 240th anniversary through the entries in Captain Norman MacLeod’s diary.) As Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s army arrived on the lower Wabash, … Continue reading →

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Disaster on the Eastern Frontier

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

Part Two For Part One, click here. The British and loyalists would not have to wait long. Word of the landing reached the Massachusetts government within a matter of days, and preparations for a counterattack began almost immediately. There was … Continue reading →

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