Tag Archives: Otho Holland Williams
“Judiciously Designed and Vigorously Executed”: The March to the Dan River
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Daniel T. Davis. Last month, I heard Emerging Revolutionary War co-founder Phill Greenwalt remark “when you think about retreats, victory is a word that doesn’t come to mind.” The period of January 18 … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Personalities, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, American Revolution, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Guilford Court House, British Army, Crossing of the Dan, Daniel Morgan, Daniel T. Davis, Emerging Revolutionary War, Light Horse Harry Lee, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Nathanael Greene, North Carolina, Otho Holland Williams, Robert Orrison, South Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater, Virginia
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“troops will observe the profoundest silence upon the march…” Gen. Gates’ Orders on August 15, 1780
Two hundred and thirty nine years ago today from his camp at Rugeley’s Mill, SC, American General Horatio Gates issued the following orders to his Southern Army to move on to the British post of Camden, SC. “The sick, the … Continue reading
Author Interview & Review: Otho Holland Williams in the American Revolution by John Beakes
Numerous biographies grace the shelves of book stores, museum shops, and the personal libraries of American Revolutionary Era history enthusiasts. Yet, until 2015, not a single dedicated biography was written about an extraordinary American general that rose from the ranks … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Leadership, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater, Uncategorized
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, ERW Book Reivew, George Washington, John Beakes, Nathanael Greene, Nautival and Aviation Publishing Company, Otho Holland Williams, Southern Theater
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The Greatest Leaders of the American Revolution You Have Never Heard Of
Part Two (for part one click here) For the next year and a half, until he was exchanged for a British officer captured in the Battle of Saratoga, Williams faced an ordeal that would continue to haunt him for the … Continue reading
Greatest Leaders of the American Revolution You Have Never Heard Of
Part One When I was completing my graduate degree in American history from George Mason University a few years back, I took on the challenge of trying to examine the motivations of American soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. The … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1776, 1st Maryland Continental, Battle of New York, British, Campaign 1776, Charles Lee, Continental Army, Fort Washington, George Washington, Hessians, Nathanael Greene, New York City, Otho Holland Williams, William Smallwood
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