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Prelude to Guilford Courthouse: Weitzel’s Mill
This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern Campaign, several smaller battles leading up to it have been largely overlooked. Through February and early … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, Bert Dunkerly, Emerging Revolutionary War, North Carolna, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater, Weitzel's Mill
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Prelude to Guilford Courthouse: Clapp’s Mill
This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern Campaign, several smaller battles leading up to it have been largely overlooked. Through February and early … Continue reading
Prelude to Guilford Courthouse: Pyle’s Defeat
This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern Campaign, several smaller battles leading up to it have been largely overlooked. Through February and early … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, Bert Dunkerly, Emerging Revolutionary War, North Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater
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“Rev War Revelry” Stays in South Carolina…
After last week’s riveting discussion on the pivotal battle of Kings Mountain, Emerging Revolutionary War decided to stay in the Palmetto State again this week. We have two special guests and historians joining “Rev War Revelry” so set a reminder … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, Emerging Revolutionary War, Liberty Trail, Rev War, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, South Carolina, South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, South Carolina Battleground Trust, southern campaigns of the american revolution
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“Rev War Roundtable with ERW” Heads to South Carolina (Virtually)
Join Emerging Revolutionary War this Sunday, at 7p.m. EST on our Facebook page as we head, virtually, down to South Carolina to discuss the importance of that colony/state in the American Revolution. Most are familiar with the larger engagements, such … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged Bert, Emerging Revolutionary War, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater, Vanessa Smiley
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“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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Rise and Fight Again for Southern Revolutionary History
From our friends at American Battlefield Trust (ABT). To learn more about the ABT, click here. At stake are 31 acres associated with two Southern Campaign Revolutionary War battlefields, Hanging Rock in South Carolina and Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. At … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation, Southern Theater
Tagged 1780, 1781, American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Guilford Court House, Battle of Hanging Rock, British, Camden, Emerging Revolutionary War, Guilford Court House, Guilford Court House National Military Park, Hanging Rock, North Carolina, Preservation, South Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater
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Announcement: Tours of Camden Battlefield and Hobkirk’s Hill
From our friends at the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution comes this announcement of a Corps of Discovery tour that will cover the battles mentioned above. Led by historians David P. Reuwer and Charles B. Baxley, this comprehensive tour will be … Continue reading
Upcoming Lectures, Talks, and/or Events
With autumn just around the corner, cooler weather on the horizon, and the holidays quickly approaching. Some stores in the local area have Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas decorations all for sale currently, Emerging Revolutionary War wanted to bring your attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, French and Indian War, Memory, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Campaign 1776, Fort Ticonderoga, Lexington and Concord, Minute Man National Historical Park, southern campaigns of the american revolution
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The Defense in Depth as a Revolutionary Battlefield Tactic
Part One of Four As a general statement, most people don’t think of the Revolutionary War as a testing ground for battlefield tactics. That assumption would not be correct. In fact, the Revolutionary War proved beyond doubt that traditional European … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, National Park Service, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Guilford Court House, Concord, Cowpens, Daniel Morgan, Fabian Strategy, Guilford Court House, Nathanael Greene, Native Americans, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater
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