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Category Archives: Emerging Revolutionary War
Burning Colonel Crawford
Last year I came across Dr. John Knight’s account of the torture and execution of Colonel William Crawford by members of the Delaware Indian tribe in 1782. It was a vicious execution, but not unheard of in the wars on … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Colonel Crawford, Crawford, Delaware, Frontier, Indians, militia, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio Campaigns, Sandusky River, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County
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Visiting a Tragedy: Gnadenhutten, OH
Few places in the American Revolution evoke sorrow like Gnadenhutten, Ohio. There, in March 1782, militia from Western Pennsylvania bludgeoned, scalped, and burned to death some ninety-six bound Indians who had adopted the Christian faith preached by missionaries from the … Continue reading
Visiting Carlyle House
William Griffith’s examination of the Carlyle House Congress last month (The Carlyle House Congress and Britain’s Military Objectives for 1755) reminded me that I had been remiss in not visiting the site. So, the family and I set off for Alexandria, VA … Continue reading
George Mason’s Gunston Hall
Gunston Hall’s River Entrance (Author Photo) George Washington’s estate on the Potomac River is one of the most-visited places in the greater Washington, DC area, as befits the home of the Father of his Country. Just twelve miles south (by … Continue reading
A Very Special Message
A special announcement in the preservation world was made public today. The Civil War Trust, which the Campaign 1776 initiative spawned from, officially changed their name to the American Battlefield Trust. You can see their video announcement of the name … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Monuments, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 250th American Revolution, American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Civil War Trust, Emerging Revolutionary War, Jim Campi, Jim Lighthizer, Lindsey Morrison, Preservation
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Chief Cornstalk’s American Revolution (part two)
Modern Replica of Fort Randolph in Point Pleasant, WV (Wikimedia Commons) At Fort Randolph, erected on the old Point Pleasant battlefield, Captain Matthew Arbuckle decided to take matters with the Shawnee into his own hands. He was already suspicious of … Continue reading
Chief Cornstalk’s American Revolution (part one)
Chief Cornstalk after an 1870 rendering (Wikimedia Commons) The American Revolution on the frontier was brutal. Neutrality was difficult position to maintain, but some Native American tribes attempted it. In the Ohio River Valley, it was particularly challenging. But, for … Continue reading
