Tag Archives: 1st Maryland Continental
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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The Greatest Leaders of the American Revolution You Have Never Heard Of
Part Two (for part one click here) For the next year and a half, until he was exchanged for a British officer captured in the Battle of Saratoga, Williams faced an ordeal that would continue to haunt him for the … Continue reading
Greatest Leaders of the American Revolution You Have Never Heard Of
Part One When I was completing my graduate degree in American history from George Mason University a few years back, I took on the challenge of trying to examine the motivations of American soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. The … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1776, 1st Maryland Continental, Battle of New York, British, Campaign 1776, Charles Lee, Continental Army, Fort Washington, George Washington, Hessians, Nathanael Greene, New York City, Otho Holland Williams, William Smallwood
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