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Dangerous Ambition: Character Analysis Of Major General Horatio Gates, Harold Allen Skinner Jr.
Dangerous Ambition: Character Analysis Of Major General Horatio Gates, Harold Allen Skinner Jr.
Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History
Historian Robert Middlekauff describes Revolutionary War-era America as a society of the twice-born, people profoundly influenced by both radical English Whig ideology and the reformed Protestantism of the Great Awakening.[1] Historians have studied the influence of Christianity on many of the leading figures of the American Revolution, with the notable exception of Major General Horatio Gates. Gates’ military career presents a paradox to military historians: how could the victor at Saratoga in 1778 suffer ignominious defeat at Camden in August 1780? This paper will argue that Horatio Gates’ misfortunes during the American Revolution were due principally to his unregenerate …
Boston Discusses The Massacre, Jean C. O'Connor
Boston Discusses The Massacre, Jean C. O'Connor
The Montana English Journal
Teachers may use this chapter from The Remarkable Cause: A Novel of James Lovell and the Crucible of the Revolution as a short story for grades 7 – 12., to explore themes of interpersonal conflict, conflict resolution, and the value of law.
The chapter “Boston Discusses the Massacre” is taken from The Remarkable Cause: A Novel of James Lovell and the Crucible of the Revolution (Knox Press, 2020), and used with permission. James Lovell, teacher at the Boston Latin School, discusses the pivotal events of March 5, 1770. As the conflicts that become the American Revolution begin a group of …
Navigating Wilderness And Borderland: Environment And Culture In The Northeastern Americas During The American Revolution, Daniel S. Soucier
Navigating Wilderness And Borderland: Environment And Culture In The Northeastern Americas During The American Revolution, Daniel S. Soucier
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation examines the evolving interactions of nature and humans during the major military campaigns in the northern theatre of the American War for Independence (1775 – 1783) as local people, local environments, and military personnel from outside the region interacted with one another in complex ways. Examining the American Revolution at the convergence of environmental, military, and borderlands history, it elucidates the agency of nature and culture in shaping how three military campaigns in the “wilderness” unfolded. The invasion of Canada in 1775, the expedition from Quebec to Albany in 1777, and the invasion of Iroquoia in 1779 are …
0213: Joseph Frye Orderly Book, 1795-1778, Marshall University Special Collections
0213: Joseph Frye Orderly Book, 1795-1778, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of a microfilm copy of an orderly book kept by Sgt. Erastus Harris of Medway, Mass. Harris recorded orders while at Castle Island (Boston) and Fort Cumberland (Nova Scotia) under the command of Joseph Frye and Brig. Gen. Timothy Ruggles as a member of Frye's regiment of Mass. Provincials during the French and Indian War (1759-60), and while stationed with the 1st Massachusetts Regiment of Guards under the command of Col. Jonathan Reed from Apr.-June 1778.
Financial Problems Of A Revolutionary: The Memoir Of John Wilkins, Howard L. Applegate
Financial Problems Of A Revolutionary: The Memoir Of John Wilkins, Howard L. Applegate
The Courier
In this article, Howard L. Applegate describes and includes an excerpt of the autobiography of John Wilkins, a shop owner in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution period who became a militia captain. Instead of detailing the colonial militia of the time, Wilkins related how militia members often took on significant financial burdens in order to keep the regiment intact, and lamented the rampant devaluation, inflation and speculation that occurred during this turbulent period in American history.
Receipt For A Gun, Signed By Daniel Morgan, 1777., Daniel Morgan
Receipt For A Gun, Signed By Daniel Morgan, 1777., Daniel Morgan
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Daniel Morgan acknowledges receipt of a rifle from George Johnson of the Virginia Regiment for the use in the Partisan Corps under Morgan's command. Signed June 10, 1777.
Letter From Peter Parker To Nicholas Cook Regarding American Prisoners. Rhode Island, 1777., Peter Parker
Letter From Peter Parker To Nicholas Cook Regarding American Prisoners. Rhode Island, 1777., Peter Parker
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Sir Peter Parker commanded the squadron at the unsuccessful attack on Fort Moultrie in Charleston, S.C. He aided Howe in the capture of N.Y and reduced R.I.
Note Granting Lieut. Samuel Dogget Leave For A Month. Signed By Horatio Gates, Ticonderoga, New York, 1776., Horatio Gates, Continental Army
Note Granting Lieut. Samuel Dogget Leave For A Month. Signed By Horatio Gates, Ticonderoga, New York, 1776., Horatio Gates, Continental Army
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Lieutenant Doggett is granted one month's leave in September of 1776. At the time this note was written Gates was headquartered at Ticonderoga, New York.
Order To Pay Soldiers, Signed By Oliver Ellsworth, January 1776., Oliver Ellsworth
Order To Pay Soldiers, Signed By Oliver Ellsworth, January 1776., Oliver Ellsworth
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Oliver Ellsworth instructs addressee to pay soldiers returning to camp, January 1776.