Category Archives: Campaigns
ERW Weekender: Bunker Hill Monument & Museum
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Katie Turner Getty. Towering over Charlestown, Massachusetts, its foundation set in sacred battleground soil, the Bunker Hill Monument is a 221 foot obelisk commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill. The cornerstone of the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, Boston, Boston National Historical Park, Bunker Hill, Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, ERW Weekender, Freedom Trail, General Joseph Warren, Katie Turner Getty, Marquis de Lafayette, Massachusetts, National Park Service, Patriots, Paul Revere, Siege of Boston, William Dawes
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After Eutaw Springs
Part Two Click here for Part One. In many ways, the battle of Eutaw Springs was a disappointment for both commanders. Greene’s troops at one point broke through the British lines, but they recovered, and the Americans failed to drive them … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Monuments, Preservation, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater, Uncategorized
Tagged Eutaw Springs, Guilford Court House, Guilford Court House National Military Park, Hobkirk's Hill, Iren, Irene B. Boland, Lord Francis Rawdon, Nathanael Greene, Ninety-Six, Santee River, University of South Carolina Press
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Ankle Deep In Blood: The Jason Russell House
Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome back historian Katie Turner Getty. Biography of Ms. Getty is below the post. On April 19, 1775, the placid farm of fifty-eight-year-old Jason Russell of Menotomy erupted into carnage when he, along with … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1775, April 19, Arlington, Arlington Historical Society, Battle Road, British, Danvers, Elizabeth Russell, Jason Russell House, Katie Turner Getty, Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Menotomy, Ruth Linnell Berry
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Eutaw Springs
Emerging Revolutionary War is pleased to welcome back historian Bert Dunkerly, who is the co-author (with Irene B. Boland) of the upcoming book; “Eutaw Springs; The Final Battle of the American Revolution’s Southern Campaign” slated to be released this month. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Memory, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, National Park Service, Preservation, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, Camden, Eutaw Springs, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill, Light Horse Harry Lee, Loyalist, Maryland, militia, Nathanael Greene, Ninety-Six, South Carolina, Virginia, William Washington
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Lexington, 242 years later
Lexington Green 242 years later, the question still remains…. Who fired first?
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged Battle of Lexington, Battles of Lexington and Concord, British, British Army, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Green, militia, Minutemen
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April 19, 1775 – Minute Men vs. Militia
“Minutemen” on April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord have always been grouped together in history and textbooks. But, is that completely historically accurate? Well, no. There is a common misperception that most of the Americans that went to arms … Continue reading
1st Maryland’s 2nd Last Stand
I was recently reading the superb book by Patrick O’Donnell on Washington’s Immortals, which brought me back to a talk I did about the same Marylanders in the American Revolution a few years back. Below is an excerpt of that talk and highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1780, 1781, 1st Maryland Continental, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Camden, Battle of Guilford Court House, Continental Army, Guilford Court House National Military Park, Lawrence Babits, New York, Patrick O'Donnell, Washington's Immortals
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