Retracing Our Steps
Studying the terrain to analyze how the action unfolded on Revolutionary War battlefields isn’t just a modern pursuit. It was the first order of...
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Johann Ewald
Johann Ewald was a captain of the Hessian jager corps attached to the Leib Regiment, leading the 2nd Company under Colonel Carl von Donop for the...
Joseph Reed
Joseph Reed was a colonel and adjutant-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was a trusted aide to General George...
Carved in Stone
The John Stevens Shop has been hand chiseling monuments and grave markers for great leaders, war heroes and everyday people for 316 years. Recently...
Republican Motherhood
In many ways, the American Revolution saw women acting far outside their traditional gender roles. While men left their homes, farms, and businesses...
Black Spies of the American Revolution
Even 250 years after the events of the American Revolution, there is much that historians are still piecing together about the activities of spies...
Weathering the Storm: The Battle of Rhode Island
Learn more about the Battle of Road Island, planned as a combined operation between the Americans and their new French allies, to trap and defeat a...
Viva Lafayette: Hero of Two Worlds
Excerpt from "Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution" by Mike Duncan
Samuel Griffin
Samuel Griffin was a colonel of in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1746, he studied law...
Virginia House of Burgesses
In 2019, Virginia celebrated the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in North America. While the idea of representation...
Hobkirk Hill Battlefield
Near Camden, South Carolina, British forces attacked a small force under Nathanael Greene stationed on Hobkirk Hill. After a brief skirmish, the...
American Battlefield Trust Applauds Efforts to Expand National Parks Critical to Understanding of Nation's History
(Washington, D.C.) — On December 2, Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and Representative Billy Long introduced legislation that would grow Wilson’s...