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Category Archives: Battles
The Shot Heard in Youngstown?
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes historian Dan Welch As we commemorate the 244th anniversary of the engagements at Lexington and Concord, it is an opportunity to reflect upon this moment’s importance in American history. The results of what happened in April … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, Northern Theater, Photography, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged April 1775, April 19, Concord, Dan Welch, Daughters of the American Revolution, Great Depression, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Mahoning Chapter, Road to Remembrance, Youngstown
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Book Review: Peckuwe 1780, by John F. Winkler
John F. Winkler, Peckuwe 1780: The Revolutionary War on the Ohio River Frontier, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2018). $24.00 I once read a review comparing Osprey Publishing’s monographs on particular battles, weapons, uniforms, or campaigns to “flash cards,” which made … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Book Review, Campaigns, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged Frontier, Frontier Theater, George Rogers Clark, Indians, Mad River, Ohio, Peckuwe
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George Rogers Clark Recaptures Fort Sackville, Part II
By February 23, 1779–two hundred and forty years ago—Virginia Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark had marched his little army from the Mississippi across the flooded plains of what would become southern Illinois to the French town of Vincennes on the … Continue reading
George Rogers Clark Recaptures Fort Sackville, Part I
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
Alexander Hamilton’s “First” Duel
Alexander Hamilton has reappeared as a modern pop star with the wide success of the Broadway musical “Hamilton.” Due to this success, most people today know that Alexander Hamilton met his end in a duel with Aaron Burr on the … Continue reading
Hamilton Recaptures Fort Sackville: Norman MacLeod’s Campaign Journal, December 17, 1778
(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
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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