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American Revolution Podcast

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American Revolution Podcast explores the events of the American Revolution, from beginning to end. It publishes weekly. Be sure to check out the related blog for access to pictures, maps, and links to more useful information on each week's episode. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com

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ARP318 Peace Negotiations

July 07, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes

During the Summer of 1782, Both the British and American Delegations fight amongst themselves trying to decide what peace should look like. Arthur Lee tries to recall the American Peace Delegation. Charles James Fox undercuts the British government's efforts to negotiate. John Jay throws Franklin's plans into disarray. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Peacemake...

ARP317 Peace Commissioners

June 30, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes

After the fall of Lord North's Government in Britain in early 1782, the new government under Lord Rockingham reaches out to Benjamin Franklin in Paris to discuss terms for a final peace. This began a protracted negotiation on the final terms of a treaty. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: A Diplomatic History of American Revolution, by Jonathan Dull.   Online Recomme...

ARP316 Skirmishing around Charleston

June 23, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes

Through the spring and summer of 1782, British forces in Charleston under Alexander Leslie and Continental forces under Nathanael Greene skirmish with one another. Both sides recognize the end is near, but continue to fight over resources as they await a final end to the war. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Last Man To Die in the American Revolution: The Trium...

AR-SP25 This Fierce People

June 16, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes

Author Alan Pell Crawford discusses his new book - This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South. We talk about why the war in the south seems to be less known, and why it was more of a civil war than we see in the north.   This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South, by Alan Pell Crawford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ARP315 Evacuation of Savannah

June 09, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

Continental General Anthony Wayne struggles to keep an army in the field to challenge the British in Savannah. Finally, in July 1782, Britain abandons Savannah, returning complete control of Georgia to the patriots. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763–1789,  by Kenneth Coleman.  Online Recommendation of the Week: Evacuation of ...

ARP314 The Great Seal

June 02, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

After years of effort, Congress adopts the Great Seal in the summer of 1782. It also debates what to do about Vermont. French Minister Luzerne throws a huge party in Philadelphia to help with Franco-American relations in light of continuing money problems. George Washington adopts new badges for the army, including the Purple Heart. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:...

ARP313 Crawford Expedition

May 26, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes

In the spring of 1782, Colonel William Crawford leads an army of Pennsylvania Militia into Ohio Territory to destroy Indian villages. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Upper Sandusky, 1782, by Eric Sterner. Online Recommendation of the Week: Narratives of a late expedition against the Indians: with an account of the barbarous execution of Col. Crawford...

ARP312 Huddy-Asgill Affair

May 19, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes

Desperate actions by militia in 1782 regarding the murder of prisoners forces Washington to make a controversial decision. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Charles Asgill Affair: Setting the Record Straight, by Anne Ammundsen. Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Chatham, New Jersey: https://archive.org/details/historyofchatham00vand Join American Revo...

ARP311 Battle of the Saintes

May 11, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes

The French recapture St. Eustatius in late 1781, just as the French fleet under Admiral De Grasse returns from Yorktown. With the arrival of the fleet, the French also capture St. Kitts. Admiral Rodney and Admiral Hood join together to defeat the French fleet at the battle of the Saintes. Just as that battle is coming to an end, the Spanish, using American privateers capture the Bahamas. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related ...

ARP310 Gnadenhutten Massacre

May 05, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

In March 1782, American militia destroy a Moravian Christian community of white settlers and Indians living in Ohio. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: David Zeisberger: A Life Among the Indians, by Earl Olmstead (borrow on Archive.org).  Online Recommendation of the Week: Zeisberger, David Diary of David Zeisberger, a Moravian missionary among the Indians of Ohio, V...

ARP309 North Government Falls

April 28, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

After news of Yorktown reaches London, Lord North's government falls. As new opposition government lead by Lord Rockingham forms despite the King's opposition. The new government focuses on recognizing American Independence and ending the war. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Lord North, by W. Barring Pemberton (borrow on Archive.org).   Online Recommendation of th...

ARP308 McDougall Court Martial

April 21, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

British General Henry Clinton finds himself under increasing pressure from his own officers to resign command. General Washington approves an attempt to kidnap King George III's son in New York. Continental General Alexander McDougall faces a court martial. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: American Revolutionary: A Biography of General Alexander McDougall, by Willi...

ARP307 Congress After Yorktown

April 14, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

The victory at Yorktown leaves the Continental Congress deeper in debt and weaker than ever. States, no longer fearing an imminent British threat, provide little support. Congress appoints secretaries who create a rudimentary executive branch with almost no power. British loyalist attempt to steal embarrassing and confidential records from the State House (Independence Hall). Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week...

ARP306 War in India

April 07, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes

In 1781 and 1782, Britain battles the Kingdom of Mysore, headed by Hyder Ali in southern India. At the same time, Britain takes colonies from France and the Netherlands. French and British Navies fight multiple battles offshore for control of the subcontinent. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  The Dutch East India Company and Mysore, 1762-1790, by Jan Van Lohuizen,...

ARP305 Siege of Menorca

March 31, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes

In 1781, A Spanish fleet, backed by the French Navy, takes the island of Menorca in the Mediterranean. The British garrison on the island holds out at Fort St. Phillip until early 1782. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution, by Jack D. Warren Jr. Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of General the Hon. James...

ARP304 Jacksonborough Assembly

March 24, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

At the beginning of 1782, both South Carolina and Georgia reestablish their state legislatures, primarily focused on the loyalists still in their states. General Sumter retires. John Laurens replaces Light Horse Harry Lee as the Continental Army's head of cavalry in South Carolina. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas,...

ARP303 John's Island

March 17, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes

As 1781 comes to an end, South Carolina militia continue their back and fort attacks. General Greene uses the Continentals to for the British to abandon John's Island, just south of Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Partisan War: The South Carolina Campaign of 1780-1782, by Russell F. Weigley (borrow on archive.org).  Online Recommendation of the Wee...

ARP302 Cloud's Creek Massacre

March 10, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes

General Alexander Leslie takes Command in Charleston. William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham goes on a rampage across South Carolina. General Nathanael Greene tightens the noose around Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Loyalism in South Carolina 1764-1785, by Robert. W. Barnwell. Online Recommendation of the Week: "William ‘Bloody Bill’ Cunningham and the Bloo...

ARP301 Evacuation of Wilmington

March 03, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes

British efforts to hold North Carolina lead to loyalist David Fanning kidnapping the patriot Governor Thomas Burke. New of the British surrender at Yorktown arrives with orders for British Regulars to evacuate to Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Nothing But Blood and Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, Vol 3, by Patrick O'Kelly Online Rec...

ARP300 Surrender at Yorktown

February 25, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes

Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  The Day The Revolution Ended: 19 October 1781, By William Hallahan. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Campaign in Virginia, 1781: an exact reprint of six rare pamphlets on the Clinton-Cornwallis controversy... https://archive.org/details/campaigninvirgin01stevrich Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit....

ARP299 Siege of Yorktown

February 18, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes

The Continental and French Armies lay siege to the British Army at Yorktown. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Yorktown, 1781: A Reassessment, by John D. Granger. Online Recommendation of the Week: March to Victory: Washington, Rochambeau and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781: https://history.army.mil/html/books/rochambeau/CMH_70-104-1.pdf Join American Re...

ARP298 Battle of the Capes

February 11, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes

The French Fleet under Admiral De Grasse, and the British Fleet under Admiral Graves battle for control of the waters around Yorktown in September 1781. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, by Nathaniel Philbrick. Online Recommendation of the Week: Battle of Chesapeake Bay: https://mo...

ARP297 March to Yorktown

February 04, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes

ARP297 March to Yorktown General Washington and General Rochambeau struggle with logistical problems to get their armies from New York to Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  The Campaign that Won America, by Burke Davis. (borrow on archive.org)  Online Recommendation of the Week: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route: https://w3r-us.org Join American Re...

ARP296 Eutaw Springs

January 28, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes

General Greene leads the Southern Continental Army against the last British Army in South Carolina, outside of Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  Eutaw Springs: The Final Battle of the American Revolution’s Summer Campaign, by Robert Dunkerly, Robert & Irene Boland  Online Recommendation of the Week: The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-...

ARP295 New London Raid

January 21, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes

In September, 1781, Benedict Arnold leads a fleet from New York City to New London, Connecticut. His British forces burn the town and massacre the defenders of Fort Griswold. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold, Clare Brandt. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Of...

AR-SP24 Washington's Marines with Jason Bohm

January 14, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour

I interview Gen. Jason Bohm about his book: Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777 Go to my blog for a full transcript of this episode: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2024/01/ar-sp24-washingtons-marines-with-jason.html Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777, By Jason Bohm (Savas Beatie, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ARP294 Dogger Bank

January 07, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes

In the summer of 1781, the British and Dutch Navies do battle in the English Channel. Parliament is still confident that it can outlast its enemies. European leaders attempt to get the combatants to negotiate a peace, that may or may not recognize American independence. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution and the Habsburg Monarchy, by Jonathan ...

AR-SP23 American Triumph with Tom Hand

December 31, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes

Tom Hand, author of An American Triumph, and host Michael Troy discuss the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Hand, Tom An American Triumph: America's Founding Era Through the Lives of Ben Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams, Americana Corner Press, 2023.  Online Recommendation of the Week: www.americ...

ARP293 Isaac Hayne

December 24, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes

In the summer of 1781, the British in South Carolina seek to make an example of a patriot officer who violated his oath of allegiance to the king. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Martyr of the American Revolution: The Execution of Isaac Hayne, South Carolinian, by C. L. Bragg (borrow on archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: VIDEO: Author C.L. Bragg, The...

ARP292 Dog Days Campaign

December 17, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes

In late summer 1781, General Greene rests his Continentals after hard months of fighting. General Thomas Sumter, aided by Colonels Francis Marion and Light Horse Harry Lee, attack the British at Quinby's Bridge and Shubrick's Plantation. Marion goes on to another attack near Parker's Ferry. Meanwhile, General Greene advances efforts to reestablish the patriot government in Georgia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to thi...

ARP291 New Dorlach and Johnstown

December 10, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes

Tory raids from Canada into New York continue as the Continentals are unable to spare any soldiers. At Governor Clinton's request, Continental Colonel Marinus Willett takes command of the New York Militia. Over the summer and fall of 1781, he attacks raiding parties at New Dorlach, Johnstown, and elsewhere. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Marinus Willett, Saviour ...

ARP290 Grand Reconnaissance

December 03, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes

General Washington and General Rochambeau meet in Wethersfield in May 1781 to discuss campaign goals for the fighting season. Washington insists on taking back New York City. The two armies meet just north of Manhattan in July to evaluate British defenses and see if an attack has any chance of success. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Victory at Yorktown: The Campa...

ARP289 Green Spring

November 19, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes

In the summer of 1781, after raiding Virginia, General Cornwallis obeys orders from General Clinton to retreat to the coast. General Lafayette, after getting reinforcements under General Anthony Wayne, attacks the British rear near Green Spring, Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America, by Mary Stoc...

ARP288 Raid on Monticello

November 12, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes

After withdrawing from Guilford Courthouse, General Cornwallis moves to Wilmington, NC. Rather than chasing Greene's Continentals back south, the British opt to move north into Virginia. They take Richmond and raid Monticello and Charlottesville. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War, by Michael Kranish. Online Recommendat...

ARP287 Fort Ninety-Six

November 05, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes

With the main southern British army under General Cornwallis in Virginia, and the next larges outpost at Camden having retreated to Charleston, General Greene targets Fort Ninety-Six in the South Carolina Backcountry. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Francis Rawdon-Hastings Marquess of Hastings: Soldier, Peer of the Realm, Governor-General of India, by Paul Nelson ...

ARP286 Sumter's Law

October 30, 2023 11:36 - 31 minutes

General Thomas Sumter struggles to rebuild an army that can defeat the British in South Carolina and Georgia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Slavery and Freedom in the American Revolution, by Ira Berlin (ed). Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee & Life of Gen. Thomas Sumter, by Cecil Harltey: https://archive.org/details/lifeofmajgenhenr0...

ARP285 Hobkirk Hill

October 22, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes

In May, 1781, after the British army under General Cornwallis retreats to the coast of North Carolina. General Greene's Continentals, supported by local militia attack British outposts in South Carolina at Fort Watson and Fort Motte, and due battle with the British under Lord Rawdon at Hobkirk Hill. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: William Washington, American Ligh...

ARP284 Pensacola

October 15, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes

In the spring of 1781, the Spanish Army under Bernardo de Gálvez lays siege to the British at Fort George under General John Campbell. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Longest Siege of the American Revolution: Pensacola, by Wesley S Odom Online Recommendation of the Week: Farmar, Robert, Journal of the siege of Pensacola from the enemy's first appearing: March ...

ARP283 Petersburg

October 08, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes

In the spring of 1781, the British deploy a larger army under General William Phillips to Virginia. Phillips and Benedict Arnold move on Petersburg with the intent of entering and occupying Richmond. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Ward, Harry M. Richmond during the Revolution, 1775-83, by Harry Ward (borrow on archive.org).   Online Recommendation of the Week: Le...

ARP282 Lafayette in Virginia

October 01, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes

Following the British raid on Richmond by in early 1781, the Americans target its commander, former American General Benedict Arnold. Washington deploys General Lafayette to check the British in Virginia. Lafayette has trouble getting his army into the state, and gets no help from Governor Jefferson or other leaders in Virginia.  After the French lose a naval battle off the Virginia coast, the British position becomes more secure. British General William Phillips brings a larger army into the...

ARP281 Ratifying the Articles of Confederation

September 17, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes

In the spring of 1781, Congress sets up executive departments, run by secretaries, to help manage the government. It also finally convinces Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation. The British reveal letters from Silas Deane arguing that Congress should give up on independence. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretati...

AR-SP22 John Paul Jones by Shipwrecks and Seadogs

September 10, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes

In this special episode we hear from podcaster Rich Napolitano from Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. He discusses the life of John Paul Jones. For more info on the Shipwrecks and Seadogs Podcast, go to https://www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com This podcast, along with the American Revolution Podcast, can be found at the "Into History" Podcast Network. For more info, go to https://intohistory.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ARP280 Guilford Courthouse

September 03, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes

In March 1781, General Nathanael Greene returns his Continental Army to North Carolina for a showdown with the British under General Charles Cornwallis. The two armies meet on the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Battle of Guilford Courthouse: A Most Desperate Engagement, by John Maass Online Recommendation of the Week: The Battl...

AR-SP21 France and the Revolution, with Grey History

August 27, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes

William Clark of the Grey History Podcast, and Michael Troy of the American Revolution Podcast discuss France's role in the American Revolution, and the American response to the French Revolution. To learn more about the Grey History Podcast, go to https://greyhistory.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ARP279 Race to the Dan

August 20, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes

In early 1781, the British army under General Cornwallis chases the Continentals under General Greene across North Carolina toward the Dan River and Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan, by Andrew Waters. Online Recommendation of the Week: Peterson, Bruce L. “The Importance...

ARP278 Arnold Raids Richmond

August 06, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes

In January 1781, now-British General Benedict Arnold sails for Virginia and raids its capital, Richmond. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Invasion of Virginia, 1781,  by Michael Cecere.  Online Recommendation of the Week: Arnold's invasion of Virginia, 1781, by Francis Lassiter: https://archive.org/details/arnoldsinvasiono00lass Join American Revolution Podcas...

AR-SP20 Why didn’t Canada Join the Revolution?

July 30, 2023 14:13 - 14 minutes

This is a sample of the Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast. It looks at why Canada did not join the rest of the British colonies in declaring independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ARP277 Battle of Cowpens

July 23, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes

British Colonel Banastre Tarleton chases down General Daniel Morgan's force of Continentals and militia. Tarleton traps the Americans who cannot cross the river at Cowpens, South Carolina. The armies clash in a short but decisive battle. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens, by Lawrence Babits. (borrow on archive.org).  Onli...

ARP276 Mutiny in the Continental Army

July 09, 2023 14:03 - 32 minutes

On January 1, 1781, the Pennsylvania Line of the Continental Army abandons its officers and begins marching from its winter camp in Morristown New Jersey to Philadelphia to demand release from enlistment. Several weeks later, the New Jersey line does the same. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode.   Book Recommendation of the Week: Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution, by John A....

ARP275 The War Goes Dutch

June 25, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes

Despite stretching its military resources in an increasingly difficult war, Britain adds a third European enemy to its targets. In December 1780 Britain declares war on the Dutch Republic. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813, by Simon Schama. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Dutch Republic and the...

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