Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina ...

George Washington was commanding the Continental Army and staying in Morristown when he wrote an optimistic letter on the prospects of winning the Revolutionary War despite a recent defeat. His words ...

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was an integrated unit composed of Black, Indigenous and white soldiers who served together.

In honor of Black History Month, Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives this week recognized the contribution of ...

In recognition of Black History Month, Rhode Island lawmakers acknowledged the Black soldiers who fought in the American ...

The battle came after the famous scene that saw American troops cross the Delaware River in December 1776 to surprise and defeat British and Hessian ... of 36 unknown soldiers who fought and ...

In September 1781, Thomas Hughes, then 22, visited Brighton for what he hoped would be a restorative holiday. It was not his first trip: such sojourns were common for Hughes. But on this occasion ...

What he hoped to destroy forever was recently found by archaeologists, giving experts a fresh perspective on the life of Continental soldiers during the Revolutionary War. As crews made way for ...

It blends the life of Tadeusz Kociuszko (1746-1817) - a nobleman, military engineer, revolutionary and humanist - with contemporary debates about identity, reconciliation and memory. Sharwood invites ...

DRESDEN, Nov. 20.--The soldiers whom the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and the other German Princes had let out to England for the suppression of the American rebellion were brought together ...

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