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The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781: The Fort Griswold Massacre
Part Three Click here for parts one and two. With British soldiers pouring into the fort, Colonel Ledyard ordered a ceasefire, and prepared to surrender Fort Griswold to the victorious British. However, the British disregarded the ceasefire and continuing pouring … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Personalities, Photography, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Groton Heights, Benedict Arnold, British, Bunker Hill, Connecticut State Parks, Continental, Eric D. Lehman, Eric Wittenberg, Fort Griswold, General Henry Clinton, Lambo Latham, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Major Stephen Bromfield, militia, New London, Philadelphia, Wesleyan University Press, William Ledyard, Yorktown
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Preserve Washington’s Legacy
If you follow Campaign 1776, the initiative by our friends at Civil War Trust, you are familiar with the saga over the Princeton Battlefield. Now you have a chance to help as well.
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Northern Theater, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Princeton, Campaign 1776, Civil War Trust, George Washington, Jim Lighthizer, John Trumbull, Preservation, Princeton Battlefield, Yale University
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Reporting Success on a Monday!
With the start of the work week, some folks loath logging onto the computer to check work email, news, and updates. If you are one of those folks, keep reading, as the news we are about to share is positive … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 1813, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Fort Ann, British, Campaign 1776, Civil War Trust, Continental, Horse Island, john burgoyne, New York State, Sackets Harbor, saratoga, Saratoga Campaign, War of 1812
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Part Two: The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781: The Fort Griswold Massacre
For Part One, click here. Lt. Col. Edmund Eyre’s battalion of 800 Regulars and Loyalists landed on the east bank of the Thames River, facing tangled woodlands and swamps. The New Jersey Loyalists, in fact, had so much difficulty moving … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Memory, Monuments, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 40th Regiment of Foot, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Groton Heights, Benedict Arnold, British, British Regulars, Continental, Eric Wittenberg, Fort Griswold, Loyalist, Lt. Col. Edmund Eyre, New Jersey Loyalist, William Montgomery
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The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781: The Fort Griswold Massacre
Part One After turning coat, Benedict Arnold received a commission as a brigadier general in the British army as part of the deal that he made in order to betray his country. In August 1781, George Washington decided to shift … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Northern Theater, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, 1778, 1781, 38th Regiment of Foot, 54th Regiment of Foot, American Revolutionary War, Arnold's American Legion, Battle of Groton Heights, Benedict Arnold, British Army, British Regulars, Connecticut, Continental Army, Cortland Skinner's New Jersey Volunteers, Eric Wittenberg, Fort Griswold, Governor John Trumbull, Hessian, Hessian Jagers, Loyal American Regiment, Loyalist, militia, New London, New York City, Rufus Avery, Sir Henry Clinton, Thames River, William Ledyard
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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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ERW Weekender: Museum of the American Revolution
On April 19, 2017, symbolic in American Revolutionary War history, the Museum of the American Revolution opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The weekend before, I had the chance, to get a “sneak peak” of the new museum. I left thoroughly impressed … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, British, Concord, Crossing of the Delaware, Crossing the Delaware, Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Hessians, Liberty Tree, Museum of the American Revolution, Native Americans, North Bridge, Oneida, Oneida Native Americans, Oneida Tribe, Philadelphia, USA
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