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Category Archives: Battlefields & Historic Places
Disaster on the Eastern Frontier
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
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Photography, Revolutionary War
Tagged British, British Army, British Navy, Continental, Continental Marines, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort George, Library of Congress, Loyalist, Maine, Penobscot, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Indians, Travis Shaw
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Press Release: Victory at Yorktown
Breaking on Friday, the 237th anniversary of the surrender of British Lord Charles Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown, there was another victory. The American Battlefield Trust announced the successful acquisition of 49 acres of “hallowed ground associated with the 1781 battle.” The full … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Yorktown, George Washington, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Siege of Yorktown, Victory at Yorktown
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“Elbow Room” for “Uncle Johnny”
On this date in 1777, British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Horatio Gates around Saratoga, New York. This victory solidified French support for the fledgling American nation and became one of the turning points in the road to … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, Battle of Saratoga, Boston, Emerging Revolutionary War, General Horatio Gates, General John Burgoyne, Gentleman Johnny, National Park Service, New York, October 17, Saratoga Campaign, Saratoga National Historical Park
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George Washington’s Greatest Speech?
On the morning of March 15, 1783, George Washington strode into the “New Building” or “Temple” as the structure was referred as, to address the assembled officers of the Continental Army. He asked General Horatio Gates if he could have … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Congress, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1783, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Henry Knox, Horatio Gates, Mount Vernon, New Windsor Cantonment, New York
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The Battle of the Clintons
This past spring I was able to visit a fascinating historic site, one that is largely overlooked in the larger story of the Revolution. Many of us know that in 1777 the British planned to use the Hudson River to … Continue reading
Captain John Asbhy
Part Two Captain John Ashby and his fellow Virginians would face their greatest test of the war on the afternoon of September 11th, 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine. Following a wide flank march the bulk of the Crown forces … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, Northern Theater, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, Battle of Brandywine, Birmingham Meeting House, Captain John Ashby, Delaplane, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Johann Ewald, Marquis de Lafayette, Third Virginia Regiment, Travis Shaw, Turner Ashby, Virginia, Virginians, War of 1812, Warren Green Hotel
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