July 21, 2019
The British spend months putting together a fleet to crush the Americans on Lake Champlain and retake Fort Ticonderoga. Generals Carleton and Burgoyne do not get along and create a divided command. Those divisions, however, are nothing compared the divisions on the American site where Generals Schuyler and Gates fight to control the northern Continental Army. General Arnold also fights with a court martial, which tries to hold him in contempt.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Benedict Arnold's Navy, by James Nelson.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Dispatches Podcast, with Brady Critzer
July 7, 2019
The Continental Army attempts to blow up the HMS Eagle in New York Harbor in September 1776. Using the work of David Bushnell and a small team, attempts to attach an underwater mine after reaching the ship using a one man submarine. The explosive fails to attach and the mission is a failure.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Turtle: David Bushnell's Revolutionary Vessel, by Roy R. Manstan and Frederic J. Frese
Online Recommendation of the Week: American Heritage https://www.americanheritage.com
June 30, 2019
The British land 20,000 men on Long Island. Using a flanking maneuver, they easily kill, capture, and scatter the inexperienced Americans. Just as the regulars and Hessians appear to inflict the final death blow, British general Howe calls a halt to the assault. He fears sending his troops against the dug in Continentals along the East River. Instead, he opts for a slow advance of digging entrenchments. The British delay, along with the luck of weather, allows the Americans to escape back to Manhattan Island.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776, By John J. Gallagher.
Online Recommendation of the Week: American Battlefield Trust https://www.battlefields.org
June 23, 2019
British Indian Agents encourage the Cherokee to attack the colonies in rebellion. Cherokee tribes along the western frontiers of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia coordinate their attacks for about the same time the British attack the Carolina coast. After the British attack founders at Fort Sullivan and they abandon the south, the Americans are able to focus on the Cherokee and the Tories fighting with them.
Fighting is brutal on both sides. Civilians are murdered. Men, women, and children are tortured. Neither side shows much interest in taking prisoners. After nearly a year of fighting, the Cherokee sue for peace. A new treaty forces them to give up millions of acres and move further west.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: A Demand of Blood: The Cherokee War of 1776, by Nadia Dean.
Online Recommendation of the Week: https://www.ncpedia.org
June 16, 2019
The British get off to a late start, not assembling their massive invasion force at New York until August 1776. When they disembark on Staten Island, the Continentals see the largest overseas military force Britain had ever assembled.
The British fleet sails past ineffective Continental defenses. Admiral Howe attempts to begin peace talks without any luck.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Under the Guns New York 1775-1776, by Bruce Bliven
Online Recommendation of the Week: revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com
May 26, 2019
In the spring of 1776, the Second Continental Congress struggles to reach a unanimous vote on independence.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Signing Their Lives Away, by by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese
Online Recommendation of the week: Online Liberty Library oll.libertyfund.org
