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“Rev War Revelry” Discusses Militia & Continentals
This Sunday, May 10th, at 7 p.m. EST, Emerging Revolutionary War returns with the “Rev War Roundtable with ERW” for another installment of “Rev War Revelry.” This week ERW welcomes guest historian Gabe Neville, historian and founder of the blog, … Continue reading
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On April 19, 1775, Massachusetts militia and minutemen responded to the call of British Regulars, “redcoats” marching from Boston to the town of Concord. What ensued was the “shot heard around the world” at the North Bridge in that town. … Continue reading
Burning Colonel Crawford
Last year I came across Dr. John Knight’s account of the torture and execution of Colonel William Crawford by members of the Delaware Indian tribe in 1782. It was a vicious execution, but not unheard of in the wars on … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Colonel Crawford, Crawford, Delaware, Frontier, Indians, militia, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio Campaigns, Sandusky River, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County
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Visiting a Tragedy: Gnadenhutten, OH
Few places in the American Revolution evoke sorrow like Gnadenhutten, Ohio. There, in March 1782, militia from Western Pennsylvania bludgeoned, scalped, and burned to death some ninety-six bound Indians who had adopted the Christian faith preached by missionaries from the … Continue reading
Dr. Prescott, Love & War
Love brought Dr. Samuel Prescott, a practicing physician, to the town of Lexington on the night of April 18, 1775. The young doctor was courting Ms. Lydia Mulliken, when the alarm of the British soldiers marching from Boston went out … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged Abel Prescott, Battles of Lexington and Concord, British, Concord, Dr. Samuel Prescott, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, militia, Minute Man National Historical Park, Minute Men, Paul Revere, William Dawes
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An Account of April 19, 1775
“the Country was an amazing strong one; full of Hills, Woods, stone Walls, & c., which the Rebels did not fail to take advantage of, for they were all lined with People who kept an incessant fire upon us…” From … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, National Park Service, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, A Single Blow, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, April 19, Battle of Concord, Battle of Lexington, Boston, British, Concord, Emerging Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War Series, ERWS, Lexington, Lexington Green, Lieutenant Frederick Mackenzie, Massachusetts, Menotomy, militia, Minute Men
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General Edward Hand: The Squaw Campaign
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Eric Sterner. In February 1778, Brigadier General Edward Hand, commanding Continental forces at Fort Pitt on the American frontier, launched what may be one of the oddest campaigns of the American Revolution, more famous … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1774, 1782, 18th Royal Irish Regiment, American Revolutionary War, Edward Hand, Ireland, militia, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio River, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Revolutionary War, Squaw Campaign, Wyandot
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