American Revolution
British Army officer John Graves Simcoe wanted to command a corps of irregular troops. He believed that there were opportunities in “the service of a partisan” that taught a man habits of self-dependence and prompt decision making rarely found in the duties of a subordinate officer. Read more
American Revolution
On the snowy field of Mollwitz, Poland, on April 10, 1741, newly installed King Frederick II of Prussia faced a formidable army of Austria. Read more
American Revolution
Looking back on the age of fighting sail, a common image is that of battles between huge ships of the line, led by such famous admirals as Nelson and Collingwood. Read more
American Revolution
Few men in the 18th century lived a life as varied and unpredictable as that of Henry Lloyd. Read more
American Revolution
When most Americans think of the triumphant ending of the Revolutionary War, they almost exclusively credit George Washington for the miraculous outcome, forgetting that the war was part of a much larger worldwide contest of which the revolution in the colonies was only a part. Read more
American Revolution
Two guns flashed and boomed from a British schooner, signaling the long-awaited invasion to end the rebellion in the American colonies. Read more
American Revolution
Among the many local units composing Washington’s army at the Battle of Long Island was the Grenadier Company of New York. Read more
American Revolution
In the 1780s the Founding Fathers of the United States didn’t so much revise the old Articles of Confederation as devise an entirely new government as set forth in the Constitution. Read more
American Revolution
The brightly uniformed soldiers that George III of England dispatched to subjugate the rebellious citizens of his North American colonies were at that time possibly the world’s best. Read more
American Revolution
Despite never having gained the mythological fame of Valley Forge, the encampment of the Continental Army at Morristown, New Jersey, over the winter of 1779-80 was a horrendous trial, worse for the men than that at the Pennsylvania hollow, and dire for the revolutionary cause. Read more
American Revolution
Much has been written about the great figures of the American Revolution, and many notable personalities of the era have left extensive writings recording their respective roles. Read more
American Revolution
The French advanced swiftly, with men yelling “Hurrah” and officers shouting encouragement. They knew the British were to the front, somewhere, although they could not see them yet, and they expected to roll over the enemy in an impetuous, distinctively Gallic tide. Read more
American Revolution
Seldom was the hand of fate so clearly exposed in the affairs of men as it did during the French and Indian War when Maj. Read more
American Revolution
Following the exploits of John Paul Jones and the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. Read more
American Revolution
The thick gray smoke of battle engulfed the high ground a mile west of the river but it did not deter one American officer from dashing back and forth on his frothing horse from one brigade to the next exposing himself to shot and shell. Read more
American Revolution
There’s a special poignancy in viewing a recreation of the fighting at Cliveden and the Battle of Germantown where it actually took place. Read more
American Revolution
Contrary to popular belief, slavery in America was a subject of much contention long before the Civil War. Read more
American Revolution
The age of the sailing warships lasted less than three hundred years, beginning roughly with the battle of the Spanish armada against the English fleet under Howard and Drake in 1588, and ending at the Battle of Navarrino in 1827, the last major naval engagement fought completely under canvas. Read more
American Revolution
Richard Hovenden of His Majesty’s British Legion Dragoons cautiously urged his tired horse through a parklike expanse of tall trees that marked the entrance to a South Carolina country crossroads junction called locally “Hannah’s Cowpens.” Read more
