Category Archives: Civilian

Americana Corner

Posted on August 27, 2021 by erwpost

Here is what our friend, Tom Hand was up to in August on his blog, Americana Corner. Be sure to join us on Sunday, September 5th at 7pm as we host our next ERW Happy Hour where we will talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War | Tagged American Revolution, Americana Corner, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Spain, United States, Washington's Farewell Address | 1 Comment

“Rev War Revelry” Returns to Lexington with Alex Cain

Posted on April 16, 2021 by erwpost

Approximately one year ago, Emerging Revolutionary War began a historian happy hour virtual chat on Sunday evenings. The goal was to share our passion for history, connect with each other during the pandemic, and have an excuse to drink a … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1775, Alex Cain, American Revolution, April 1775, Emerging Revolutionary War, Lexington, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW | Leave a comment

“I gave my parole once…”

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Phill Greenwalt

On the morning of August 27, 1780 there was a knock on the door of the Charleston, South Carolina residence of Christopher Gadsden, lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He had stayed when the city capitulated to British forces in May. … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, National Park Service | Tagged 1780, British, Castillo de San Marcos, Charleston, Christopher Gadsden, Emerging Revolutionary War, Lord Charles Cornwallis, National Park Service, Phillip S. Greenwalt, South Carolina, St. Augustine | 1 Comment

“Rev War Revelry” A Cigar Chat with John Adams

Posted on January 7, 2021 by erwpost

Join Emerging Revolutionary War historians this Sunday, at 7 p.m. EST on our Facebook page for the next historian happy hour. This week we will be joined by John Adams…no that is not a mistype. John Adams is the founder … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory | Tagged American History Guild, Emerging Revolutionary War, John Adams, Liberty Cigars, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW | Leave a comment

The Supreme Court at Risk

Posted on December 9, 2020 by erwguest

Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Dan Welch. It’s December 9, 1775. Not only was the future of the fledgling Patriot’s cause at stake, but the future of our yet-to-be created Supreme Court was as well. Over the previous … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater | Tagged 1775, American Revolution, Emerging Revolutionary War, Great Bridge Battle, Great Bridge Battlefield, Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways History Foundation, John Marshall, Supreme Court, Virginia | 1 Comment

George Washington’s Land Interest in British West Florida, 1773-1774

Posted on November 23, 2020 by erwguest

Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian George Kotlik. After the French & Indian War, the British Crown sought to regulate colonial westward settlement and expansion. This was done for a variety of reasons. First, British ministers believed that westward expansion … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory | Tagged 1773, 1774, British, French and Indian War, George Kotlik, George Washington, Proclamation of 1763, West Florida, William Crawford | 1 Comment

Review: Russell Mahan, The Kentucky Kidnappings and Death March: The Revolutionary War at Ruddell’s Fort and Martin’s Station, Kindle ed. (West Haven, UT: Historical Enterprises, 2020).

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Eric Sterner

In the summer of 1780, Captain Henry Bird crossed the Ohio River with some 800 Native Americans from various British-allied tribes and two companies of soldiers from Detroit (roughly 50 Canadians and Tories and a mixed group of regulars from … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Civilian, Uncategorized, Western Frontier | Tagged Book Review, Frontier Campaigns, Frontier Warfare, Henry Bird, Kentucky, Martin's Station, Native Americans, Prisoners, Ruddell's Fort, Russell Mahan, The Kentucky Kidnappings and Death March | 2 Comments

Poet in a Patriot Prison

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Eric Sterner

CONFINEMENT hail! in honour’s justest cause. True to our King, our Country, and our Laws; Opposing anarchy, sedition, strife, And every other bane of social life. These Colonies of British freedom tir’d, Are by the frenzy of distraction fir’d; Rushing … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Personalities, Social History, Uncategorized, Western Frontier | Tagged Connolly Plot, Frederick, Imprisonment, John Connolly, John Smyth, Loyalists, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Poetry, Prison, Tory | Leave a comment

“Rev War Roundtable with ERW” Tavern Talk

Posted on June 5, 2020 by erwpost

When the idea was formulated, back in April, to do a Sunday evening Zoom/Facebook live type history hour, the emphasis behind this “happy hour” was to style it as a more informal chat. Our goal was to create a virtual … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War, Social History, Women | Tagged American Revolution, Buckman Tavern, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fraunces Tavern, Gadsby Tavern, Historic Alexandria, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Historical Society, Liz Williams, New York City, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Robert Orrison, Sarah Kneeshaw, Stacey Fraser | 2 Comments