Category Archives: Northern Theater
‘Timely and Handsome’: Transformation of the Continental Army at Valley Forge (Virtual Event)
April 19th in American Revolutionary War history is usually remembered as the day the “shot heard around the world” happened in the towns of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. For the 2022 edition of that day, Emerging Revolutionary War invites you … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge Park Alliance, Winter that Won the War
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“Rev War Revelry” Author Spotlight Decision at Brandywine: The Battle on Birmingham Hill with Robert Dunkerly
This Sunday on the Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page, Robert Dunkerly will join the “Rev War Revelry” to discuss his newest publication, Decision at Brandywine: The Battle of Birmingham Hill. The Battle of Brandywine, fought on September 11, 1777, saw … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Northern Theater, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, American Revolution, Battle of Brandywine, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Campaign, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Robert Dunkerly
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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
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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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“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” A Visit to Fort Plain & the Mohawk Valley
On Sunday, January 23, Emerging Revolutionary War will journey, virtually, into the heart of the Mohawk Valley of New York in a discussion with Brian Mack of the Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park. Established in 1961 the museum and … Continue reading
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
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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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“Rev War Revelry” Visits Forts Lee & Washington
On both banks of the Hudson River, in 1776, sat two forts the patriots hoped would stop any British excursions up the waterway. Named for the top two military leaders of the Continental army–George Washington and Charles Lee–the fortifications both … Continue reading
“Rev War Revelry” The Winter that Won the War, Valley Forge
In June 1778, the Continental army marched out of their winter encampment in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and headed toward New Jersey in pursuit of the retreating British army. The past six months, from December 1777 to June 1778, ushered in … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Emerging Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War Series, George Washington, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park
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Marching Out of Valley Forge
On this date, in 1778, the Continental army, under the command of General George Washington broke winter camp and began the spring campaign. Their objective was to catch the British army, under Sir Henry Clinton, retreating across New Jersey to … Continue reading
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