Tag Archives: Battle of Trenton

Announcement: Emerging Revolutionary War Series

Posted on March 24, 2017 by erwguest

This summer Emerging Revolutionary War will launch its namesake book-series, the Emerging Revolutionary War Series published by Savas Beatie LLC, a military history book publishing company based in California. The initial two volumes of the series will discuss the Battles of Lexington and … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Memory, Revolutionary War | Tagged Amazon, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Trenton, Emerging Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War Series, Lexington and Concord, Mark Maloy, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Robert Orrison, Savas Beatie LLC | 6 Comments

Six Signing Signers

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Phill Greenwalt

Part Two of Six (for part one, click here) The financier. Those two words explain the importance of Robert Morris, the Liverpool, England born Pennsylvanian transplant. As George Washington engineered the pivotal campaign that culminated in the actions at Trenton … Continue reading →

Posted in Continental Leadership | Tagged Battle of Princeton, Battle of Trenton, Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, Robert Morris, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Signers of the U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, Yorktown | Leave a comment

Hessian Camp, Reading, Pennsylvania: A Childhood Mystery Solved

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Eric J. Wittenberg

I grew up in a suburb of Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading is the county seat of Berks County, and is located about sixty miles northwest of Philadelphia. Reading is an old town; Richard and Thomas Penn, the sons of William Penn, … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Hessian (German), Memory, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized | Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Trenton, Eric Wittenberg, German, Hessians, Pennsylvania, prison camp | 1 Comment

James Monroe at the Battle of Trenton

Posted on January 12, 2016 by erwguest

One of the iconic images of the Revolutionary War is Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s 1851 painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware. It is the night of December 25, 1776. The Continental Army is being transported across the Delaware River to attack a … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized | Tagged 1776, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Trenton, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, George Washington, Hessians, James Monroe | 1 Comment

James Monroe at War

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

Part One Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome guest historian Scott H. Harris, Director of the James Monroe Museum. It is one of the great exploits of the American Revolution. On the night of December 25, 1776, General … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Civil War, Revolutionary War | Tagged 3rd Virginia Continentals, Battle of Trenton, Brandywine, College of William and Mary, Continental Army, Crossing the Delaware, Fredericksburg, George Washington, George Weedon, Germantown, Harlem Heights, James Monroe, James Monroe Museum, Long Island, Lord Stirling, Monmouth Court House, Revolutionary War Wednesdays, Scott Harris, Trenton, Valley Forge, William Alexander, William Washington | 4 Comments