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Book Review: Bob Drury & Tom Clavin, Valley Forge, Kindle ed., (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018).

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Eric Sterner

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have spent years writing books, both individually and as a team. Between the two of them, they have explored topics ranging from baseball and golf to the old west and America’s 20th century wars. With Valley … Continue reading →

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Press Release: Victory at Yorktown

Posted on October 23, 2018 by erwpost

Breaking on Friday, the 237th anniversary of the surrender of British Lord Charles Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown, there was another victory. The American Battlefield Trust announced the successful acquisition of 49 acres of “hallowed ground associated with the 1781 battle.” The full … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater | Tagged 1781, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Yorktown, George Washington, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Siege of Yorktown, Victory at Yorktown | Leave a comment

George Washington’s Greatest Speech?

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

On the morning of March 15, 1783, George Washington strode into the “New Building” or “Temple” as the structure was referred as, to address the assembled officers of the Continental Army. He asked General Horatio Gates if he could have … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Congress, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1783, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Henry Knox, Horatio Gates, Mount Vernon, New Windsor Cantonment, New York | Leave a comment

Summer Lecture on Summer of 1787

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

This past July I had the pleasure to attend and present at the American Battlefield Trust Teacher Institute. One of the keynote speakers was David O. Steward, the author of Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. During his talk, there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Constitutional Convention, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities | Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Constitution, David O. Stewart, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Philadelphia, Signers of the U.S. Constitution, Summer of 1787, U.S. Constitution | Leave a comment

Captain John Asbhy

Posted on September 27, 2018 by erwguest

Part Two Captain John Ashby and his fellow Virginians would face their greatest test of the war on the afternoon of September 11th, 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine. Following a wide flank march the bulk of the Crown forces … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, Northern Theater, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, Battle of Brandywine, Birmingham Meeting House, Captain John Ashby, Delaplane, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Johann Ewald, Marquis de Lafayette, Third Virginia Regiment, Travis Shaw, Turner Ashby, Virginia, Virginians, War of 1812, Warren Green Hotel | Leave a comment

Captain John Ashby

Posted on September 20, 2018 by erwguest

Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Travis Shaw. Part One As he looked northward across the open ground in front of his position, Captain John Ashby could see the advance guard of the British army moving steadily closer. They came … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Minute Men, Northern Theater, Personalities, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1776, American Revolution, Battle of Harlem Heights, Battle of Trenton, Blue Ridge Mountains, Crooked Run, Culpeper Minute Battalion, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fauquier County, French and Indian War, General George Washington, George Washington, James Monroe, John Ashby, Manhattan, New York, Travis Shaw, Virginia, William Washington, Yew Hill | Leave a comment

Uncovering the Continental Army in Morristown

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

Part of an ongoing series about the Continental Army in Morristown, New Jersey. To read previous posts, click here. During the winter encampment, in 1777, at Morristown, George Washington ordered the inoculation for smallpox of the Continental Army. Although knowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments, Uncategorized | Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Burying Ground, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Morristown, Smallpox, The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, Uncovering the Continental Army in Morristown | Leave a comment