Category Archives: Memory
Marquis de Lafayette, Virginia 1781
A few weeks back, you may have noticed a video on Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page about the Marquis de Lafayette and his independent command during the spring and summer of 1781 in Virginia. Along with good pal, Dan Davis, … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, American Revolution, Anthony Wayne, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fredericksburg, George Washington, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Virginia, Yorktown Campaign
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Prelude to Guilford Courthouse: Weitzel’s Mill
This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern Campaign, several smaller battles leading up to it have been largely overlooked. Through February and early … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, Bert Dunkerly, Emerging Revolutionary War, North Carolna, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater, Weitzel's Mill
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“Rev War Revelry” Convention Army Discussion
On October 17, 1777, British General John Burgoyne surrendered his joint British, Canadian, and Hessian and Brunswicker forces to patriot General Horatio Gates near Saratoga, New York. Over 6,000 soldiers, the number placed by one historian is 6,222, became captives … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, American Revolution, Battle of Saratoga, Benedict Arnold, Convention Army, Dan Welch, Emerging Revolutionary War, General John Burgoyne, Horatio Gates, Northern Theater, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW
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Prelude to Guilford Courthouse: Clapp’s Mill
This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern Campaign, several smaller battles leading up to it have been largely overlooked. Through February and early … Continue reading
Prelude to Guilford Courthouse: Pyle’s Defeat
This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern Campaign, several smaller battles leading up to it have been largely overlooked. Through February and early … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, Bert Dunkerly, Emerging Revolutionary War, North Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater
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“It it with great reluctance, I trouble you on a subject.”
In the throes of the winter of 1778, spent at Valley Forge, General George Washington and his staff formulated a mountain of paperwork to multiple recipients of the American cause. On February 16, 1778, Alexander Hamilton composed a letter for … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 1778, American Revolution, Continental Congress, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Clinton, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Phillip S. Greenwalt, the winter that won the war, Valley Forge
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“Rev War Revelry” Battle of Cowpens
On January 17, 1781, General Daniel Morgan and his mixed force of Continental soldiers and militia defeated the British under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. This victory for the patriots in northwestern South Carolina had major implications on … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Cowpens, Dan Davis, Daniel Morgan, Emerging Revolutionary War, Kris White, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, southern campaign
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Valley Forge Documentary
244 years ago this week is when the Continental army, under the command of George Washington, marched into what would become their winter encampment as the year turned from 1777-1778. Recently, Phillip S. Greenwalt, one of the Emerging Revolutionary War … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 1778, American Revolution, Emerging Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War Series, Fox News Nation, George Washington, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Savas Beatie LLC, Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park
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“The Unhappy Condition of Our Poor Fellows”
On the edge of the historic town of Litiz, Pennsylvania in Lancaster County stands an impressive, unique, and solemn, historic site. Two stone monuments and a plaque comprise the complex, marking the final burial of Continental soldiers from the hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments, Preservation, Revolutionary War
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The March from White Marsh
From November 2, 1777 until early-December, General George Washington and the Continental Army occupied a defensive position at White Marsh, approximately 13 miles northwest of Philadelphia. In early December, a series of small skirmishes erupted along the American lines in … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 2022 Bus Tour, British, Continental Army, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, March to Valley Forge, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Valley Forge, William Howe
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