The term has also been applied to various later civilian paramilitary forces trying to recall the success...
American Revolution
Corroborating Prudence’s wartime adventures is difficult. Introduction Prudence Patterson was born in 1743 (either in Wales or...
Establishing a nation in which the people were sovereign and the aristocracy had no place. The North...
Warren was an eloquent, persuasive polemicist who died a martyr at Bunker Hill. By Michael McQuillan “I’m...
General George Washington gave the orders to destroy towns and take prisoners in Sullivan’s Campaign, but her...
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, 17 June, 1775, by John Trumbull...
John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31...
This painting depicts the forces of British Major General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) (who was...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Second Continental Congress 1.1 – Introduction...
Engraving of the Boston Tea Party by E. Newberry, 1789 / New York Public Library Edited by...
George Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1851) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...
Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge, 1777, by Augustus G. Heaton, 1907 / National War College By Mrs. Harriet...