Category Archives: Northern Theater
Lafayette at Brandywine
Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat serving in the French army, and recently married, when the Revolution broke out in America. He followed events with interst, and was motivated to come and fight with the Americans. He arrived in … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, ERW Weekender, Monuments, Northern Theater, Personalities, Photography, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, Battle of Brandywine, Bert Dunkerly, Casimir Pulaski, Emerging Revolutionary War, French, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Michael C. Harris
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ERW Weekender: Boston Massacre: 250 Years and 1-Day Later
Crispus Attucks. Every American school child learned that name in a social studies or history class in grade school. On the night of March 5, 1770, Attucks, an African-American was one of the six Bostonians that was killed by British … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Northern Theater
Tagged 1770, A Single Blow, American Revolutionary War, Boston, Boston Massacre, Boston Massacre Historical Society, Crispus Attucks, Emerging Revolutionary War, ERW Weekender, Freedom Trail, John Adams, Phillip S. Greenwalt
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62nd Foot at Freeman’s Farm
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Kevin Pawlak. A short bio follows the post below. On May 25, 1775, the 62nd Regiment of Foot stood for review. The line of men, clad in their redcoats with buff facings, did not … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 62nd Regiment of Foot, 62ndregiment.org, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Saratoga, British Army, British soldier, Daniel Morgan, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga, General John Burgoyne, Kevin Pawlak, Lt. Col. John Anstruther
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ERW Weekender: Remember Paoli!
On the night of September 20, 1777, while encamped in Chester County, PA just outside Philadelphia, a division of American soldiers was defeated in a swift surprise attack by a slightly smaller British force. American propagandists, in an effort to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 1779, Anthony Wayne, Battle of Paoli, British, Charles Gray, George Washington, Paoli Battlefield Historical Park, Philadelphia Campaign, War of 1812, William Howe
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“Soldiers and Countrymen…”
Before the horrific terrorist attacks that struck the United States on September 11, 2001, this date in American history saw the longest single day engagement with the highest number of combatants during the entire American Revolution fought in southeastern Pennsylvania. … Continue reading
Committees of Safety and the Revolutionary War: King’s District, New York
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Kieran O’Keefe. While the most famous scenes of the American Revolutionary War involve major battles or deliberations in Congress, the driving force behind the Revolution within small towns were committees of safety. As the … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Continental Leadership, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Northern Theater, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1776, 1777, 1778, Coercive Acts, Committee of Safety, Emerging Revolutionary War, First Continental Congress, George Washington University, Kieran O'Keefe, King's District, King's District Committee of Safety, Massachusetts, New York
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