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The French Cavalryman
“Colonel Armand’s dragoons and militia displayed a good countenance, but were soon borne down by the rapid charge of the legion. The chase
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Marquis de Lafayette, Virginia 1781
A few weeks back, you may have noticed a video on Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page about the Marquis de Lafayette and his independent
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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
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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
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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
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“Rev War Revelry” Battle of Cowpens
On January 17, 1781, General Daniel Morgan and his mixed force of Continental soldiers and militia defeated the British under the command of
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Artistic License and the French Artillery Park at Yorktown, A Case Study
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Karl G. Elsea It is common for artists to use “artistic license” when painting historic
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Peter Carried a Cannon, The Real Story
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Karl G. Elsea History can be fun; for example, when a war trophy in Sweden and the popular
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“Rev War Revelry” Author Interview: Andrew Waters
Like a modern-day Nathanael Greene or Edward Carrington, Andrew Waters spends his days trekking the waterways of the Carolina high country. Just like
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“No body ever heard of a quarter Master, in History”
In the spring of 1778, General George Washington chose Major General Nathanael Greene to be the quartermaster general of the Continental army,
There Will Be Bloody Bill
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Andrew Waters Appearing this month at the Journal of the American Revolution (JAR) is an article
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Henry Clinton and “A Miracle on Sullivan’s Island”
By the Red Sea the Hebrew host detainedThrough aid divine the distant shore soon gained;The waters fled, the deep passage a grave;But thus God
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Review: To The End of the World, Nathaniel Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan by Andrew Waters
Writing over thirty years after the fact, Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee summed up the events of February 14, 1780 with the line, “Thus ended,
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Hindsight is 2020 (or 2021)
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Liz Williams, from Historic Alexandria, the host of the second annual symposium When we planned
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The First American Civil War
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Sean Chick On October 7, 1780, Britain’s attempt to regain at least part of the rebellious