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Tag Archives: 1780
Rise and Fight Again for Southern Revolutionary History
From our friends at American Battlefield Trust (ABT). To learn more about the ABT, click here. At stake are 31 acres associated with two Southern Campaign Revolutionary War battlefields, Hanging Rock in South Carolina and Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. At … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation, Southern Theater
Tagged 1780, 1781, American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Guilford Court House, Battle of Hanging Rock, British, Camden, Emerging Revolutionary War, Guilford Court House, Guilford Court House National Military Park, Hanging Rock, North Carolina, Preservation, South Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater
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Battle of Fort San Carlos – Westernmost Battle of the American Revolution
St. Louis, Missouri is considered the gateway to the west for the United States beginning in the 19th century. In the 18th century, St. Louis was not on the radar of many in the burgeoning United States. However, the westernmost … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1780, African Americans, Battle of Fort San Carlos, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort San Carlos, Francois Valle, French, Gateway Arch National Park, George Rogers Clark, King Carlos III, Mississippi River, Native Americans, Sioux, St. Louis
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ERW Weekender: Cornwallis House
In the quaint South Carolina town of Winnsboro, a few miles off of current Interstate-77 sites a two-story stands one of the oldest dwellings in a town founded by Richard Winn of Virginia a few years before the start of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1776, 1780, 1781, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, John Buchanan, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Mount Zion Institute, South Carolina, Southern Theater, Winnsboro
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1st Maryland’s 2nd Last Stand
I was recently reading the superb book by Patrick O’Donnell on Washington’s Immortals, which brought me back to a talk I did about the same Marylanders in the American Revolution a few years back. Below is an excerpt of that talk and highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1780, 1781, 1st Maryland Continental, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Camden, Battle of Guilford Court House, Continental Army, Guilford Court House National Military Park, Lawrence Babits, New York, Patrick O'Donnell, Washington's Immortals
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