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Category Archives: Battlefields & Historic Places
Origins of a Revolutionary Orator
Nestled in Hanover County, VA, near where modern residential communities meet farm fields that have been worked for centuries, is the site of a colonial-era plantation home called Studley. It was here on this site that Patrick Henry, the “Voice … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Confederate Cavalry, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Custer, Hanover County, Haw's Shop, Patrick Henry, Politics, Rural Plains, Sarah Shelton, Studley, Virginia
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Uncovering the Continental Army in Morristown
Part of an ongoing series about the Continental Army in Morristown, New Jersey. To read previous posts, click here. All that remains is a historical marker, on the side of North Park Place across the street from Morristown Green. For … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Arnold's Tavern, Continental Army, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Morristown, Morristown Green, Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey
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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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Uncovering the Continental Army in Morristown
Approximately one month ago, I took a temporary detail assignment to Morristown National Historical Park. The national park preserves the winter cantonments of the Continental Army during the American Revolution; including the harshest winter, weather-wise, of the entire war, in … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Continental Army, Continental Encampment, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Morristown, Morristown National Historical Park, National Park Service, New Jersey
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Review: European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802 (Campaigns and Commanders Series) Edited by Frederick C. Schneid
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Bill Backus The American Revolution ultimately set in motion a chain of events that transformed not only society in the Americas but also back in the Old World. Six years after the United … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Book Review, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Uncategorized
Tagged 1789, 1802, Austria, Campaigns and Commanders Series, European, Frederick Schneid, French, French Army, French Revolutiuon, Great Britain, Napoleon Bonaparte, Prussia, Russia, University of Oklahoma Press
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George Mason’s Gunston Hall
Gunston Hall’s River Entrance (Author Photo) George Washington’s estate on the Potomac River is one of the most-visited places in the greater Washington, DC area, as befits the home of the Father of his Country. Just twelve miles south (by … Continue reading
A Very Special Message
A special announcement in the preservation world was made public today. The Civil War Trust, which the Campaign 1776 initiative spawned from, officially changed their name to the American Battlefield Trust. You can see their video announcement of the name … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Monuments, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 250th American Revolution, American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Civil War Trust, Emerging Revolutionary War, Jim Campi, Jim Lighthizer, Lindsey Morrison, Preservation
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