Category Archives: Emerging Civil War
First Shots
We all have bucket list items that we want to check off in our lifetime. Some revolve around traveling, some may revolve around learning a new hobby or skill. We may have different categories of items. The last is true … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Civil War, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Green, Massachusetts, Robert Orrison, South Carolina
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Announcing the New Emerging Revolutionary War Series
Although it’s been nearly 250 years since America’s founding, the Revolutionary era continues to capture people’s imaginations. To explore that story even further, the editors of Emerging Revolutionary War have partnered with publisher Savas Beatie, LLC, for a new book … Continue reading
A Change on the Horizon…
You can almost feel the cold weather from just looking at the painting. With the snow on the ground, and white specks of wintry mix falling in the distance, one almost wants to say “brrr.” With rags wrapped around feet, heads … Continue reading
Do You Know George Wythe?
Down the street from the Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg sits a two-story brick structure. Living historians, in first-person, debate the road to the American Revolution. But, who was George Wythe?
“Potentially Momentous”
Last week, Michael Harris wrote about the Battle of Brandywine and in his conclusion mentioned his excellent history on this important battle in the American Revolution. While reading his work, I came across the account of Captain Patrick Ferguson. … Continue reading
Mercer’s Grenadier Militia
Emerging Revolutionary War and Revolutionary War Wednesday is pleased to welcome back guest historian Drew Gruber. Part 1 When we think about American militia during the Revolutionary War, the image of an untrained rifle-toting citizen turned soldier comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 1781, American, American Revolution, Battle of Green Spring, Chesterfield Courthouse, Continental, Continental Line, Duc de Luzun, Frederich Wilhelm von Steuben, French, French alliance, French Army, French cavalry, George Washington, George Weedon, Gloucester Point, Grenadier Militia, Hugh Mercer, John Hungerford, Kings Mountain, Lord Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Nathanael Greene, North Carolina, Revolutionary War, Robert Anderson, The Patriot, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson, Virginia, Virginia militia, Ware Church, Yorktown
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“They Fought Because They Would Not Be Slaves”
Revolutionary War Wednesday and Emerging Revolutionary War is pleased to welcome guest historian Mark Maloy this week. African-Americans fought for the Americans during the Revolutionary War, right? Many of us remember learning about Crispus Attucks dying during the Boston Massacre … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Slavery
Tagged African Americans, American Revolution, Boston, Bunker Hill, Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, Crispus Attucks, Death of General Warren, Emanuel Leutze, Ethopian Regiment, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, George Washington, John Trumbull, Korean War, Mark Maloy, Patriots, Washington Crossing the Delaware, William C. Nell
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ERW Weekender – Yorktown
Rev War Wednesday and Emerging Revolutionary War is pleased to welcome guest historian Kate Gruber. Let me guess– you are a Rev War Nerd who is the best friend of/dating/married to a Civil War Nut. I recognize the symptoms. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, Battle of Yorktown, Civil War, Colonial National Historical Park, Colonial Parkway, Colonial Williamsburg, Continental Army, Declaration of Independence, George McClellan, Jamestown, National Park Service, Nelson House, Revolutionary War, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Yorktown 1862, Yorktown National Cemetery, Yorktown Victory Center
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“Our clocks are slow” L’Hermione, Lafayette and the Franco-American Alliance
With the visit of the L’Hermione to the east coast of the United States this summer, there has been a heightened interest in the Franco-American alliance that won the American Revolution. The French rebuilt the L’Hermione not only for its … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Revolutionary War
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Boston, Comte de Grasse, Comte de Maurepas, comte de Rochambeau, Comte do Vergennes, Expedition Particuliere, Franco-American, French, French alliance, George Washington, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, King George III, King Louis XVI, L'Hermoine, L'Hermoine 2015, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Morristown, New York, October 1781, Savannah, Siege of Yorktown, Sir Henry Clinton, Southern Theater, Virginia, Yorktown
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