Tag Archives: Philadelphia Campaign
“Rev War Revelry” Author Spotlight Decision at Brandywine: The Battle on Birmingham Hill with Robert Dunkerly
This Sunday on the Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page, Robert Dunkerly will join the “Rev War Revelry” to discuss his newest publication, Decision at Brandywine: The Battle of Birmingham Hill. The Battle of Brandywine, fought on September 11, 1777, saw … Continue reading
ERW Weekender: Remember Paoli!
On the night of September 20, 1777, while encamped in Chester County, PA just outside Philadelphia, a division of American soldiers was defeated in a swift surprise attack by a slightly smaller British force. American propagandists, in an effort to … Continue reading
The Battle of the Kegs (January 5th, 1778)
The Philadelphia Campaign did not end well for the Continental Army after three separate defeats at Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown followed by the British occupation of the new nation’s capital. Among other things, however, it would produce an amusing … Continue reading
The Battle of Crooked Billet
Join our friends at the Lehigh (PA) Valley American Revolution Round Table on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oechls Center for Global Education at Lafayette College in Eastern, Pennsylvania. The topic is the battle mentioned above. … Continue reading