Revolutionary War News is an edited review of hand-picked news and articles related to American War of Independence 1775-1783.
Revolutionary War News
· Main: Latest news
· More recent news
· E-mail news alert
· Contact
War, Battles, Battlefields
· Historical Tours
· Re-enactment
· Battles & Battlefields
· Yorktown & New York
· Battlefields
· Navy & Naval battles
Militaria, Memorabilia
· Militaria & Memorabilia
· Flags & Maps
· Forts and Weapons
Soldiers & Generals
· George Washington
· Heroes and Generals
· Black soldiers
· Indians: Native Allies
· Spy & Intelligence
Rest of the categories
· Museums & Memorials
· Documents & Declarations
· What-if and Myths
· Overview
· Misc information
''Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.''
- George Washington, Letter of Instructions to the Captains of the Virginia Regiments (July 29, 1759)
''The Revolutionary War lasted 8 years (1775-1783). George Washington lost every battle except for the last one, yet the Revolutionaries continued the battle, with the support of the colonists, until they won.''
American History 1775-1783: American War of Independence, Revolutionary War, was a war between Great Britain and revolutionaries in 13 colonies, who declared their independence as the United States of America in 1776.
Revolutionary War Posters
French and Indian War
CloudWorth
Main page -- Latest Revolutionary War news reviews
Brooklyn marks battle America lost - The Battle of Brooklyn
August 1776: the British launched a huge attack to crush the rebellion in the colonies. Landing on the Brooklyn shore, 15,000 redcoats and Hessian mercenaries made General George Washington's army to flee in the biggest battle of the American Revolution. The Americans managed to escape across the East River to Manhattan, where they would continue the fight, losing battle after battle - until they won the war 7 years later. That feat ended the Battle of Brooklyn - a British victory that humiliated Washington and almost scuttled the American patriots' fight for liberty, only less than 2 months after the Declaration of Independence.
by ap :: 2008-08-24 :: Battles & Battlefields
Plans to rescue wreck of Revolution War gunboat from Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain's best held secret? A sunken Revolution War gunboat. "It fell as if it was still sailing. We see artifacts showing in some places," said Art Cohn with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. The Spitfire was sunk by the British at the Battle of Valcour Island, one of 8 identical boats that held back the British advance from Canada. "All of them were accounted for, either captured, sunk or burned, except for the Spitfire," said Rich Isenberg with the Maritime Museum. The Spitfire's sister ship the Philadelphia - now at the Smithsonian Institution while a full-sized replica is on show at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum - is the only ship in the Benedict Arnold fleet to be recovered.
by wcax.com :: 2008-08-21 :: Navy: Naval Forces & Battles
The Battle of Bennington was key battle in American Revolution
Vermont will celebrate the Battle of Bennington on Aug. 16, and for good reason. Military historians say it was a central battle in the Revolutionary War. Edward Conant in his "History of Vermont" explained the battle was "the first of a series that led to the surrender of Burgoyne's army. It was the turning point because it led to the recognition of the independence of the U.S. ... and to a treaty with France, on account of which she assisted the new nation with money, fleets and armies. The victory of the Americans at Saratoga, has been reckoned among the great battles of the world, but the victory at Bennington was necessary to that of Saratoga."
by rutlandherald.com :: 2008-08-10 :: Battles & Battlefields
Author uses re-enacting as mode of novel research
Lots of fiction writers do research, particularly when they're writing about the past. Suzanne Williams (who writes as Suzanne Adair) went even further: She basically enlisted, in His Majesty's forces. She has been a Revolutionary War re-enactor for almost a decade, with the 33rd Light Company of Foot, an Atlanta-based re-creation of a colonial British unit. She also writes about the re-enactments in her personal blog. Suzanne is the author of a series of Revolutionary War novels: Paper Woman (2006) and The Blacksmith's Daughter (2007). A third novel in the series, Camp Follower, will be published in 2008.
by starnewsonline.com :: 2008-08-10 :: Reenactment & Reenactors
War games: Old Sturbridge Village hosts 'Redcoats to Rebels'
Wearing the uniforms of the Lexington Training Band and Royal Irish Artillery, Alex Cain and Paul O'Shaughnessy will join 800 military re-enactors who'll transform Old Sturbridge Village into a Revolutionary War-era camp. "I hope... people understand how wars were fought in 1776 and have always been fought." For the sixth year "Redcoats to Rebels" will bring together about 40 re-enactment groups to demonstrate the Colonial-era America. O'Shaughnessy explained the British faced the same logistical problems in North America that U.S. forces 200 years later faced in Vietnam: "Getting caught in the middle of a civil war that was very unpopular back home."
by dailynewstranscript.com :: 2008-08-03 :: Reenactment & Reenactors
Simon Girty Turncoat Hero: The Most Hated Man on the Early American Frontier
Phillip Hoffman's book is the closing of 19 years of research into the history of the Frontier warfare that took place during the Revolutionary War, which was not just an East Coast war, but it was also about the British attempt to control the development of the West by joining with Indian tribes to keep American settlers from pouring to the West Coast. Three key figures in the Frontier war were Simon Girty, Alexander McKee and Matthew Eliott, all American agents at Fort Pitt who decided to go to the side of the Indians and the British, partly because of the treacherous way the Indians were being treated.
by aspentimes.com :: 2008-07-27 :: Spy: Intelligence and Spies
Colorful and forgotten founding fathers - Most of the signers unrecognized today
There were 56 men who put quill to Independence parchment in 1776. On July 2, the Continental Congress voted to declare American independence. On July 4, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. August 2 the delegates started to sign the official document. Most of the signers are forgotten now, but in their time they were prominent patriots. --- Carter Braxton (Virginia) was one of the few signers from Virginia whose name wasn't Jefferson or Lee - and he had 18 children, qualifying him as a founding father by anyone's standards. --- Button Gwinnett (Georgia) practiced extreme politics, even by the standards of the revolutionary era.
by cnn.com :: 2008-07-20 :: Heroes and Generals
Archeologists dig at the Crown Point fort, once Britain's largest fortification on the continent
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Benedict Arnold was here. The Founding Fathers and one famous traitor are among the long list of 18th-century figures who passed through this Lake Champlain location when it was one of the most strategic military posts in North America. Today, Crown Point is a scenic historic site with the remains of the original French fort and the ruins of what was once Britain's largest fortification on the continent. Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point "really played a major role in shaping North America," explained Russell Bellico.
by timesargus.com :: 2008-07-20 :: Forts and Weapons