Tag Archives: American Revolutionary War
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
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Revolutionary War
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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Two Patriots: One Slave and One Free; James Armistead Lafayette and James Forten
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Malanna Henderson Part One “It is not for their own land they fought, not even for a land which had adopted them, but for a land which had enslaved them, and whose laws, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Memory, Slavery, Southern Theater
Tagged 1776, 1783, Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Banastre Tarleton, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, French, George Washington, James Armistead Lafayette, James Forten, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Richmond, Siege of Yorktown, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Paris, Virginia, Yorktown
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Surrender at Yorktown
On this date, in 1781, the British army marched out of their entrenchments at Yorktown and surrendered to General George Washington and the combined Continental and French armies. Although the victory did not conclusively end the war, the victory prompted … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Monuments, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolution Museum of Yorktown, American Revolutionary War, British, French, George Washington, Jamestown Yorktown Foundation, Lord Cornwallis, Lord Frederick North, Siege of Yorktown, Treaty of Paris, Yorktown
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The Battle of Kings Mountain, From Those Who Were There
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back historian Bert Dunkerly. The accounts below come from Mr. Dunkerly’s book on the battle. The battle of Kings Mountain was an intense, one-hour battle fought just below the North Carolina-South Carolina border. The October 1780 … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Kings Mountain, Bert Dunkerly, Kings Mountain, Major Patrick Ferguson, National Park Service, North Carolina, Overmountain Militia, Robert Campbell, South Carolina, Southern Theater, Tennessee, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia
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A Woman’s Place –Women’s Contribution in the Revolutionary War
Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome historian Malanna Henderson to the blog. A biography of Mrs. Henderson is at the bottom of this post. Historical records are generally written by men about men. When most of us think about … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Common Soldier, Memory
Tagged 1781, 1783, 4th Massachusetts Regiment, Abigail Adams, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Yorktown, Betsy Ross, Deborah Sampson, George Washington, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Massachusetts, Paul Revere, Siege of Yorktown, Westchester, Women in the Revolution
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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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