ARP289 Green Spring

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 Stockwell.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The ‘Affair Near James Island’ (or, ‘The Battle of Green Spring’): https://leefamilyarchive.org/reference/essays/hatch/index.html
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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 Stockwell.

Online Recommendation of the Week: The ‘Affair Near James Island’ (or, ‘The Battle of Green Spring’): https://leefamilyarchive.org/reference/essays/hatch/index.html

Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast

Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com

Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271

Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast

Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy 

ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast

Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast

or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast

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