Category Archives: British Leadership
The British Perspective….Best Book?
I recently needed to look up a quote from a British politician in the House of Commons during the American Revolutionary War. I went to my personal library (like to call it a study but since I have not found … Continue reading
“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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The Post Script
At 3:00 in the afternoon on April 21, 1781 Virginia militia Colonel James Innes sat down to write a letter near Hickory Neck Church, just shy of the halfway point between Virginia’s old colonial capitol at Williamsburg and its new … Continue reading
Posted in British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Politics, Southern Theater
Tagged 1776, 1777, 1781, British, Emerging Revolutionary War, Hessian, Hickory Neck Church, James Innes, Kate Gruber, Simcoe, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, William Phillips, Williamsburg
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Announcing “Rev War Roundtable with ERW” on Zoom!
On April 19, 1775, Massachusetts militia and minutemen responded to the call of British Regulars, “redcoats” marching from Boston to the town of Concord. What ensued was the “shot heard around the world” at the North Bridge in that town. … Continue reading
62nd Foot at Freeman’s Farm
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Kevin Pawlak. A short bio follows the post below. On May 25, 1775, the 62nd Regiment of Foot stood for review. The line of men, clad in their redcoats with buff facings, did not … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 62nd Regiment of Foot, 62ndregiment.org, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Saratoga, British Army, British soldier, Daniel Morgan, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga, General John Burgoyne, Kevin Pawlak, Lt. Col. John Anstruther
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