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Michael Cecere
This book, like the two that preceded it on the Middle and Southern colonies, seeks to answer one simple question. What happened in the thirteen colonies after bloodshed erupted at…
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The story of America ‘s riflemen in the Revolutionary War begins with their formation in 1775. First person accounts of their recruitment, long march, and encampment at Boston, introduce readers…
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A new volume in the Journal of the American Revolution Books series: By the sixth year of the American Revolution, Britain determined that Virginia would be the key to subduing…
The Story of the Legendary Clergyman-Turned-Soldier for the American Cause
Standing at the pulpit in his church in the Shenandoah Valley, the preacher borrowed from Ecclesiastes, declaring in a firm…
The American Revolutionary War began when Massachusetts militiamen and British troops clashed at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Two months later, a much larger engagement occurred at Bunker…
Charles Porterfield was one of many Virginians who helped secure America’s independence. He served in Daniel Morgan’s rifle company at Boston and Quebec. He commanded a company in Morgan’s 11th…
The 7th Virginia Regiment was one of six additional battalions raised in the colony in early 1776. It played a prominent role in driving Lord Dunmore and his loyalist forces…
Residents of Northern Virginia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution. Fairfax County native, George Mason drafted Virginia[–[s first boycott plan in 1769, and later drafted Virginia[–[s first constitution…
Great joy was expressed at our arrival and great things [are] expected from the Virginians and of consequence we must go through great fatigue and danger.-Captain John Chilton, Third Virginia…
I believe few Officers either in America or Europe are held in so high a point of estimation as you are… –Gen. Nathanael Greene to Light Horse Harry Lee January…
Resolved unanimously that [Virginia’s] delegates in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent upon the crown or parliament of…
The troops in town are in high spirits, and wish for [another] attack in this quarter; they are all excellent marksmen, and fine, bold fellows… Lord Dunmore may now see…
Few soldiers contributed more to America’s victory in the Revolutionary War than Daniel Morgan, the rugged rifle commander from Virginia. One of the first to answer the Continental Congress’s call…
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Richard Campbell of Virginia is one of thousands of Revolutionary War veterans whose service and sacrifice in America’s War for Independence is largely unknown to his countrymen today. Lieutenant Colonel…
When the Revolutionary War erupted in Massachusetts in April 1775, no American army existed. Each colony had its own militia that required inhabitants, typically free men between the ages of…
When one thinks of the American heroes of the Revolutionary War, the names Washington, Greene, Lee, Morgan, and even Arnold come to mind. Much has been written of these American…
This book seeks to chronicle Mercer’s life and service.
Captain John Chilton’s letters and diary offer insight into the more routine aspects of life in the American army during the Revolutionary War, along with detailed observations of his military…
In the aftermath of the battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775 and the start of the Revolutionary War, it was not clear whether the colonies outside of New…
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Maine’s role in the American Revolution has traditionally been obscured by the fact that it was part of Massachusetts during the conflict and did not become a state in its…
