The Battle of Valcour Island, fought on Lake Champlain in 1776, was the climactic naval action of the Revolutionary War.
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Pox Americana: The Epidemic That Tore Through Washington’s Army
An epidemic ripped through the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Caleb Haskell lived to write about it.
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Then and Now: The Great Chain of West Point, NY
Links of a Great Chain used to block British warships during the Revolutionary War remain on display at West Point.
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Then and Now: Newtown Battlefield State Park
New York’s 372-acre Newtown Battlefield State Park has not changed much since the bloody August 1779 Battle of Newtown during the American Revolutionary War.
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Book Review: Gibraltar
Roy and Lesley Adkins reveal one of the most strategically important American Revolutionary War campaigns — on the far side of the Atlantic
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When John Paul Jones Crossed Over
In 1905 sailors placed the rediscovered remains of the Revolutionary War naval hero aboard an American cruiser for the long voyage home
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Daily Quiz for August 28, 2018
The “Boot Monument” at Saratoga Battlefield is dedicated to this American Revolutionary War General.
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Daily Quiz for August 23, 2018
This American Revolutionary War general was nicknamed “the Ox”.
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Daily Quiz for February 21, 2018
This British prime minister’s weak leadership during the American Revolutionary War helped the colonists win their freedom.
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Book Review: The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn
Robert Watson relates the harrowing story of a British prison ship off Brooklyn during the American Revolutionary War