At the Journal of the American Revolution, Todd W. Braisted tells the story of C... ...ldier who served on a variety of sides during the American War for Independence.Private Carl Tournier was a subj... ...was recruited by the British to fight against the *strong class="ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/01/One-Soldier-in-Three-Different-Armies/(Photo: Thomas E. Jacks/Find-a-Grave)The cause of... ...to: Thomas E. Jacks/Find-a-Grave)The cause of the American Revolution was frequently short of men, commonly... ...ary supplies, and almost always deprived of cash. Wars --especially wars against great powers such as the U...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/24/Oliver-Pollock-The-Man-Who-Invented-the-Dollar-Sign/(Painting of King William IV by Sir Martin Arthur... ...modore Edmund Affleck. Colonel Matthias Ogden, an American spy, watched and listened carefully for a few mon... ...tly guarded. This was a great opportunity. If the Americans could capture Prince William, they could improve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/19/The-American-Plot-to-Kidnap-the-Future-King-of-England/(Portrait by Rembrandt Peale)As he aged, George Wa... ...h fleet and army would be available to assist the Americans , so Washington and the French General Rochambeau... ...Yorktown.Washington’s bad teeth helped the Americans win that battle at Yorktown.While he remained enc... .... John L. Smith, Jr. w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/07/How-George-Washingtons-Bad-Teeth-Helped-Win-the-Revolutionary-War/(Photo: Rolf Müller)In the village of Tappan... ...for spying.Isn’t that rather odd? Although Americans might be polite to the memories of their British... ...enemy. We have to back up a bit to understand why Americans would build and maintain this monument. John Andr... ...British Army in 1771. In...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/05/The-American-Monument-to-an-Enemy-Spy/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1YvJBwC4xQ](Video... ...ike? Well, for one thing, we wouldn't call it the American Revolutionary War . It would be called "the Rebellion of Something o... ...Something or Other." Perhaps we would also drink warm beer and eat kidney pie.In this commercial for Ne... ...an events...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/06/25/If-Britain-Had-Won-the-American-Revolutionary-War/(Portrait by Rembrant Peale)From his youth, George... ...xperience but limited ability. Thanks to Lee, the American battle plan fell apart. Washington rode forward,... ...o;s step-grandson and biographer, wrote:After the war , a friend of the gallant general, anxious to refo... ...llingness to take it. This c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/03/19/George-Washington-Could-Swear-Like-an-Angel-from-Heaven/(Image: NOAA)Even before there was a United States... ...: NOAA)Even before there was a United States, the American people were innovators in military technology. Da... ...ilot the Turtle.On the night of Sept. 6, 1776, an American ship towed the Turtle out into the harbor. Lee su... ...unsuccessful. On Octobe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/07/1775-America-Builds-Its-First-Submarine/What? No, I’m not talking about the old NCC-... ...ntal Navy from 1775-1777.In May 1775, the dashing American Colonel Benedict Arnold captured a ship on the so... ...dependence in 1776, that ship became the first US warship to bear that famous name.In October of 1776, the... ...Arnold and the rebels at...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/02/The-First-USS-Enterprise/In the United States, the name of Benedict Arnold... ...ld promised to betray his cause and hand over the American fort at West Point. When American leaders discovered the plot, Arnold fled.But it&r... ...a, participated in the invasion of Quebec and led American naval forces...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/01/Americas-Monument-to-Its-Most-Infamous-Traitor-Benedict-Arnold/
