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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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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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Ankle Deep In Blood: The Jason Russell House
Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome back historian Katie Turner Getty. Biography of Ms. Getty is below the post. On April 19, 1775, the placid farm of fifty-eight-year-old Jason Russell of Menotomy erupted into carnage when he, along with … Continue reading
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Tagged 1775, April 19, Arlington, Arlington Historical Society, Battle Road, British, Danvers, Elizabeth Russell, Jason Russell House, Katie Turner Getty, Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Menotomy, Ruth Linnell Berry
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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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Lexington, 242 years later
Lexington Green 242 years later, the question still remains…. Who fired first?
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged Battle of Lexington, Battles of Lexington and Concord, British, British Army, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Green, militia, Minutemen
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April 19th Memories from Lexington
Leading up to the anniversary of April 19, 1775, we will be sharing some short remembrances from a few people who are from Lexington and Concord. This installment is by Rich Gillespie, a native of Lexington, Massachusetts. If you live in … Continue reading
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Tagged April 19, Battle of Concord, Battle of Lexington, Boy Scout, Boy Scouts, British, Colonial Williamsburg, Girl Scouts, John Hancock, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Green, Minutemen, North Bridge, Sam Adams, Thomas Jefferson
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