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Rev War | Battle Map

Trenton | First Battle | Dec 26, 1776

BATTLE MAP | The American Battlefield Trust's map of the First Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776.

Rev War | Biography

Daniel Nimham

Born in approximately 1726, Daniel Nimham grew to stand as a protector of his fellow Wappinger — or Stockbridge — Indians in the Hudson River Valley...

Rev War | Article

What is a Minuteman?

The marker sits upon the northeast corner of the Town Common in Lexington, Massachusetts. The granite slab denotes the approximate spot where...

Rev War | Article

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is one of the founding and most fundamental documents of the United States. On July 4, 1776, during the American...

Black and white group photo of soldiers in uniform with drums

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Battle of the Bands

From Revolution to Civil War, music has provided an outlet for American soldiers in camp and propelled them forward in battle. Lyrics were often...

Rev War | Biography

Colonel Tye

The origins of the Black Loyalist leader known as “Colonel Tye” are uncertain. Recent scholarship seems to point to a man named Titus, who was born...

This is an image of a woman firing a gun from Logan's Fort.

Rev War | Article

The Revolutionary War in Kentucky

For generations, Native Americans utilized the verdant forests, streams, and meadows south of the Ohio River as their hunting grounds. At the...

Painting of a man wearing 18th-century garb and holding a hunting rifle.

Rev War | Biography

Carl Ulrich von Donop

Carl Ulrich von Donop was a Hessian colonel who served with the British Army during the American Revolution. Born into a noble family in Hesse-Kassel...

Rev War | Article

Shays' Rebellion

In 1786, only a few years after the end of the Revolutionary War, the new United States had to confront a crisis: a rebellion was brewing in the very...

Rev War | Biography

Benjamin Thompson

Born in Woburn, Massachusetts in 1753, Benjamin Thompson cast his lot with Great Britain at the beginning of the American Revolution. When the British...

Rev War | Biography

William Benison

William Benison served as a major in Lt. Col. Francis Marion's 2nd South Carolina Regiment. In November 1781, Benison received an appointment as major...