Rare 240-year-old George Washington war letter comes up for sale
On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...
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“Our army will hut this winter at valley forge”: George Washington, Decision Making, and the Councils of War
in Revolutionary War Journals of Henry Dearborn, 1775-1783, ed. Lloyd A. Brown and Howard H. Peckham (Chicago: Caxton Club, 1939), p. 114. 24. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of ...
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The Revolutionary War
As the Revolutionary War spread through ... Lord Dunmore's Proclamation By the winter of 1777-78, the Continental Army had dwindled to 18,000 from disease and desertion. This, together with ...
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Historic Fort Knox: The man behind the namesake, Henry Knox
We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged,” – Henry Knox, 1776. Fort Knox ... Knox as the senior officer of the Continental Army until his resignation in June ...