Category Archives: Battles
Augustin Mottin De La Balme’s Disastrous Detroit Campaign, Autumn 1780
The Revolutionary War has more than its share of adventurers, rogues, soldiers-of-fortune, and risk-takers. Augustin Mottin De La Balme combined all these characteristics in his person. In November 1780, they brought the Frenchman and his soldiers to a horrible end outside the … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Native American, Personalities, Uncategorized, Western Frontier
Tagged Augustin Mottin De La Balme, DePeyster, Detroit, Fort Wayne, France, French Canadians, French Volunteers, Haldimand, Illinois Country, Kaskaskia, Kekionga, La Balme Massacre, Little Turtle, Miami Indians
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240 Years ago Today in South Carolina: Lt. Col. Johann Christian Senf’s Journal and the Battle of Camden
Today 240 years ago in the back country of South Carolina, General Horatio Gates and his “Grand Army” were encamped around Rugeleys Mills South Carolina. He had come a long way in a short amount of time with his army … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged Battle of Camden, Horatio Gates, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis, Lt. Col. Johann Christian Senf
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“Rev War Round Table with ERW” Talks Turning Points
On Sunday, May 17th sy 7 p.m. EST, join Emerging Revolutionary War on our Facebook page for the next “Rev War Revelry” happy hour round-robin historian discussion. This week’s theme is “Turning Points” a broad term that will most certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Guilford Court House, Battle of Saratoga, Emerging Revolutionary War, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Ten Crucial Days, Turning Points, Valley Forge
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Saving 1862 Battlefield Land But Really Saving Land From the Siege of Yorktown
Emerging Revolutionary War would like to thank Drew Gruber, for bringing this connection to our attention. During the May 5th, 1862 Battle of Williamsburg as Confederate soldiers ran down into what would be called the bloody ravine they ran headlong … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg, Drew Gruber, Emerging Revolutionary War, Mulhenburg, Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Battlefield Association
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“Rev War Roundtable with ERW” Heads to South Carolina (Virtually)
Join Emerging Revolutionary War this Sunday, at 7p.m. EST on our Facebook page as we head, virtually, down to South Carolina to discuss the importance of that colony/state in the American Revolution. Most are familiar with the larger engagements, such … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged Bert, Emerging Revolutionary War, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater, Vanessa Smiley
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“The Sword is Now Drawn…” The Powder Incident, Lexington and Concord moves Virginia to Revolution
One of the most amazing parts of the events on April 19, 1775 is just how sophisticated the colonial information network was. As soon as Lt. Col. Francis Smith’s British Regulars began to move across the Charles River, riders fanned … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Civilian, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized, Weapons
Tagged George Washington, Lexington and Concord, Lord Dunmore, Patrick Henry, St. John's Church, Virginia, Virginia Gazette, Virginia militia, Williamsburg
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“Rev. War Roundtable with ERW” Continues this Sunday!
This Sunday, April 26, at 7 p.m. EST, Emerging Revolutionary War invites you to click on and listen to the next installment of our “Rev War Revelry.” This week’s happy hour will focus on the most over-looked battle or engagement … Continue reading
“Rev. War Roundtable with ERW” Introducing Guest Historian….
Emerging Revolutionary War invites you to attend our “Rev War Revelry” tonight at 7 p.m. EST as we discuss the beginning of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775, 245 years ago today. Yet, not only will Emerging Revolutionary War … Continue reading
Lafayette at Brandywine
Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat serving in the French army, and recently married, when the Revolution broke out in America. He followed events with interst, and was motivated to come and fight with the Americans. He arrived in … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, ERW Weekender, Monuments, Northern Theater, Personalities, Photography, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, Battle of Brandywine, Bert Dunkerly, Casimir Pulaski, Emerging Revolutionary War, French, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Michael C. Harris
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The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, Part 6
Skirmish in New Jersey Cresswell found cheap lodging in New York and reunited with Joseph Brewer, who had fled Philadelphia himself, leaving his wife behind. “The persecution against the friends of Gorvernment was too violent for a man of … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Civilian, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Brunswick, Charles Lee, Loyalist, New Jersey, Nicholas Cresswell, Robert Rogers, Skirmish, Tory
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