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A chronological history of the Revolutionary War era.
6 days ago
6 days ago
General Benedict Arnold makes plans to take over West Point. His intent was turn over the important military base to the British when he went over to the other side.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: A Hero and A Spy: The Revolutionary War Correspondence of Benedict Arnold, by Russel Lee
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of West Point and its military importance during the American Revolution, by Edward Boynton: https://archive.org/details/historyofwestpoi00inboyn
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Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
General Washington delays his first meeting with French General Rochambeau, as he attempts to raise enough troops to launch a joint offensive. The two men finally meet at Hartford, Connecticut in September, 1780.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Rochambeau: Washington’s Ideal Lieutenant, by Jini Jones Vail.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The French in America During the War of Independence of the United States 1777-1783: https://archive.org/details/frenchinamericad00thom
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Sunday Dec 25, 2022
Sunday Dec 25, 2022
Virginians under George Rogers Clark cross the Ohio River in late 1780 to destroy the Indian communities at Chillicothe and Piqua.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities, by Colin G. Calloway.
Online Recommendation of the Week: George Rogers Clark and the Shawnee Expedition of 1780 http://npshistory.com/series/symposia/george_rogers_clark/1991-1992/sec1.htm
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Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
While the British had secured Augusta, Georgia after taking South Carolina, the Americans launch a raid on the two while the British are trying to establish a military alliance with the local native warriors.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Georgia and the Revolution, by Ronald G Killion (read on Archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist, by Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston https://archive.org/details/recollectionsofg00john
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Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
British Colonel Banastre Tarleton attacks a larger forcer under General Thomas Sumter at Fishing Creek. The British kill or scatter the surprised militia.
At the same time, a force under Colonels Isaac Shelby and Elijah Clarke lead a larger loyalist force into an ambush near Musgrove Mill. The continued fighting leads both sides to engage in increased savagery against the enemy and civilians.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Revolutionary War in the Southern Back Country, by James Swisher (borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Tarleton, Banastre A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America, London: T. Cadell 1787.
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Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
General Cornwallis routes the Americans at Camden, SC, destroying a second southern army and ending the military career of Horatio Gates.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Camden: A Documentary History, by Jim Piecuch.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Lynch, Wayne “Unluck or Inept? Gates at Camden” Journal of the American Revolution, May 1, 2014: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/05/unlucky-or-inept-gates-at-camden
“Winner or Runner? Gates at Camden” Journal of the American Revolution, April 8, 2014: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/04/winner-or-runner-gates-at-camden
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Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
The Continental Congress appoints General Horatio Gates to command the southern army, hoping he could lead his men to a great victory in South Carolina as he had in New York.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: De Kalb: One of the Revolutionary War's Greatest Generals, by John Beakes.
Online Recommendation of the Week: "Gates at Camden" by John Stevens: https://archive.org/details/GatesAtCamden
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Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
The French Army Arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, and prepares to assist the Continental Army, just as soon as everyone got enough resources.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution, by Tom Shachtman.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Wright, M. W. E. “What France Did for America: Memoirs of Rochambeau” The North American Review
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Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Over the summer of 1780, the British control of South Carolina is challenged by militia led by Elijah Clarke and Thomas Sumter. Britain also loses an important supply fleet to Spain.
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Book Recommendation of the Week:
From Savannah to Yorktown: the American Revolution in the South, by Henry Lumpkin (or borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British province to an independent state, Vol. 2, By David Ramsey: https://archive.org/details/historyofrevolut02rams
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Sunday Sep 18, 2022
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
General Cornwallis struggles to pacify South Carolina. Patriots crush a gathering of loyalist militia at Ramsour's Mill in North Carolina, and manage to ambush an attacking loyalist force at Cedar Springs South Carolina.
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Book Recommendation of the Week:
The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas, by John Buchanan. (borrow on Archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Runyan, Conner “Did the first Cedar Springs Skirmish Really Happen?” Journal of the American Revolution, May 12, 2016. https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/05/did-the-first-cedar-springs-skirmish-really-happen
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