American Revolution Podcast
364 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 832 ratingsAmerican 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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ARP274 Greene Takes Command
June 11, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutesMajor General Nathanael Greene takes command of the southern army in December 1780. General Horatio Gates heads home, leaving a decimated and demoralized army. Greene, supported by Major Generals Von Steuben and Greenwood, along with General Daniel Morgan, divides his forces and prepares to fight a guerilla war in the Carolinas against the British under General Charles Cornwallis. Morgan begins the new phase of the war with a massacre of loyalists near Hammond's Store in South Carolina. Blog ...
ARP273 Fishdam Ford and Blackstock
May 28, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutesGeneral Thomas Sumter escapes an attempt to kill him at Fishdam Ford, and captures the British officer sent to take him. Shortly afterward, Sumter defeats the Notorious Colonel Banastre Tarleton and Blackstock's Plantation. We also cover the Lynch Creek Massacre, and skirmishes at Rugeley's Mill and Halfway Swamp as the Americans keep the fight alive in South Carolina. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's epi...
ARP272 Chasing the Swamp Fox
May 14, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutesAfter the southern Continental Army is wiped out at the battle of Camden in late 1780, local leaders, such as Colonel Francis Marion, keep the war alive in South Carolina with guerilla tactics. 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: Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion, by Robert D. Bass. Online Recommendation of the Week: Disney's Swamp Fox: https...
ARP271 Advancing on Detroit
April 30, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutesColonel Augustin Mottin de la Balme attempts to rally French-Canadian settlers in an attempt to take control of Detroit. Along the way, he confronts the Miami Indians, led by Chief Little Turtle. 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 Life and Times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the Wabash, by Harvey L. Carter. Online Recommendation of the Week: Little Turtle: ...
ARP270 Stone Arabia & Klock’s Field
April 16, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutesLoyalist forces continue their campaign of destruction across the Mohawk Valley in the fall of 1780. They defeat an American force Under Colonel John Brown at Stone Arabia, then fight another battle with American militia later that same day at Klock's Field. Following the battles, they continue their withdrawal back to Canada. 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 E...
ARP269 The Ballston Raid
April 02, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutesCanada's Governor Frederick Haldimand sends raiding parties into upstate New York in the fall of 1780. 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 Burning of the Valleys: Daring Raids from Canada Against the New York Frontier in the Fall of 1780, by Gavin K. Watt Online Recommendation of the Week: Sir Frederick Haldimand, by Jean N. Mcilwraith: https://archive.org/detail...
AR-SP19John Burgoyne, with Norman Poser
March 26, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutesI speak with author Norman Poser about his new book: From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. 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.fa...
ARP268 King’s Mountain
March 19, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutesThe Overmountain Men confront loyalists under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson at King's Mountain. 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 Kings Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts, by Robert Dunkerly Online Recommendation of the Week: Draper, Lyman C. King's Mountain and its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events ...
ARP267 Battle of Charlotte
March 05, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutesThe British under General Cornwallis find advancing into North Carolina much more difficult than expected. General Alexander Leslie tries to provide a distraction in the Chesapeake. Major Patrick Ferguson takes up a position near King's Mountain. 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 Loyalists in North Carolina, by Robert DeMond (borrow on Archive.org). Online Recom...
AR-SP18 Nathanael Greene with Salina Baker
February 26, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutesAuthor Salina Baker is writing a book called The Line of Splendor, a historically-accurate novel about the life of Major General Nathanael Greene. I spoke with Ms. Baker about the life of Nathanael Greene. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Visit Salina Baker's site at https://salinabbaker.com Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolut...
ARP266 Hanging Major André
February 19, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutesAfter Benedict Arnold's treason is exposed in the fall of 1780, The Continentals must determine the extent of the conspiracy, and deal with the captured British Prisoner, John André, Adjutant General of the British Army. 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 Life of John André: The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold, by D.A.B. Arnold Online Recommendation of the Wee...
ARP265 Arnold’s Treason Revealed
February 05, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutesBritish Adjutant General Major John André meets with Continental Major General Benedict Arnold to discuss turning over West Point in Sept. 1780. André is captured as he returns to British Lines, Arnold learns that the plot is exposed and flees just as an unsuspecting General George Washington is riding to Arnold's headquarters. 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 ...
ARP264 Arnold Commits Treason
January 22, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutesGeneral Benedict Arnold makes plans to take over West Point. His intent was turn over the important military base to the British when he went over to the other side. 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 Hero and A Spy: The Revolutionary War Correspondence of Benedict Arnold, by Russel Lea Online Recommendation of the Week: History of West Point and its military impor...
ARP263 Hartford Conference
January 08, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesGeneral Washington delays his first meeting with French General Rochambeau, as he attempts to raise enough troops to launch a joint offensive. The two men finally meet at Hartford, Connecticut in September, 1780. 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: Rochambeau: Washington’s Ideal Lieutenant, by Jini Jones Vail. Online Recommendation of the Week: The French in America D...
ARP262 Piqua Raid
December 25, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutesVirginians under George Rogers Clark cross the Ohio River in late 1780 to destroy the Indian communities at Chillicothe and Piqua. 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 Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities, by Colin G. Calloway. Online Recommendation of the Week: George Rogers Clark and the Shawnee Expedition of ...
ARP261 Augusta Raid
December 11, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutesWhile the British had secured Augusta, Georgia after taking South Carolina, the Americans launch a raid on the two while the British are trying to establish a military alliance with the local native warriors. 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: Georgia and the Revolution, by Ronald G Killion (read on Archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: Recollections of a...
ARP260 Fishing Creek & Musgrove Mill
November 27, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesBritish Colonel Banastre Tarleton attacks a larger forcer under General Thomas Sumter at Fishing Creek. The British kill or scatter the surprised militia. At the same time, a force under Colonels Isaac Shelby and Elijah Clarke lead a larger loyalist force into an ambush near Musgrove Mill. The continued fighting leads both sides to engage in increased savagery against the enemy and civilians. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links re...
ARP259 Camden
November 13, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesGeneral Cornwallis routes the Americans at Camden, SC, destroying a second southern army and ending the military career of Horatio Gates. 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 Camden: A Documentary History, by Jim Piecuch. Online Recommendation of the Week: Lynch, Wayne “Unluck or Inept? Gates at Camden” Journal of the American Revolution, May 1, 2014: htt...
ARP258 Gates Takes Command
October 30, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutesThe Continental Congress appoints General Horatio Gates to command the southern army, hoping he could lead his men to a great victory in South Carolina as he had in New York. 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: De Kalb: One of the Revolutionary War's Greatest Generals, by John Beakes. Online Recommendation of the Week: "Gates at Camden" by John Stevens: https://archiv...
ARP257 French Army in America
October 16, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutesThe French Army Arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, and prepares to assist the Continental Army, just as soon as everyone got enough resources. 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: How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution, by Tom Shachtman. Online Recommendation of the Week: Wright, M. W. E. “What France Did ...
ARP256 Hanging Rock
October 02, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutesOver the summer of 1780, the British control of South Carolina is challenged by militia led by Elijah Clarke and Thomas Sumter. Britain also loses an important supply fleet to Spain. 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: From Savannah to Yorktown: the American Revolution in the South, by Henry Lumpkin (or borrow on archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: The H...
ARP255 Ramsour’s Mill
September 18, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutesGeneral Cornwallis struggles to pacify South Carolina. Patriots crush a gathering of loyalist militia at Ramsour's Mill in North Carolina, and manage to ambush an attacking loyalist force at Cedar Springs 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: The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas, by John Buchanan. (borrow on Archive.o...
AR-SP16 History Daily’s Battle of Princeton
September 11, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutesThis week a guest podcaster, Lindsey Graham of the History Daily Podcast discusses the Battle of Princeton. For more on the History Daily Podast, go to: https://www.noiser.com/history-daily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AR254 Springfield
September 04, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBAfter British General Henry Clinton returns from South Carolina in June 1780, he launches a multi-pronged attack into New Jersey with the hope of finishing off the Continental Army. General Nathanael Greene makes use of limited Continental forces and local militia to protect the headquarters at Morristown. The British manage only to burn the village of Springfield before withdrawing back to New York. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, a...
ARP254 Springfield
September 04, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutesAfter British General Henry Clinton returns from South Carolina in June 1780, he launches a multi-pronged attack into New Jersey with the hope of finishing off the Continental Army. General Nathanael Greene makes use of limited Continental forces and local militia to protect the headquarters at Morristown. The British manage only to burn the village of Springfield before withdrawing back to New York. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and l...
ARP253 Connecticut Farms
August 21, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutesWhile awaiting General Clinton's return from Charleston, New York's commanding officer, Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen launches a raid into New Jersey, fighting the Americans at the town of Connecticut Farms. Also, Navy Captain James Nicholson of the Trumbull, tangles with the British Privateer Watt. 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 Battles of Connectic...
ARP252 Gordon Riots
August 07, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesAs the cost of war takes its toll in England, group of voters in Yorkshire create an Association to question the King's role in running the Government. A mob burns London to protest wartime laws allowing granting Catholics additional rights, including that of enlistment in the Army. 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: King Mob: The Story of Lord George Gordon and the ...
ARP251 Waxhaws Massacre
July 24, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutesColonel Banastre Tarleton slaughters a group of escaping Continentals at Waxhaw. General Clinton's edict that all colonists must join loyalist militias convinces many paroled men to rally to patriot units commanded by leaders such as Thomas Sumter and Francis Marion. Patriots attack and massacre a loyalist regiment commanded by Christian Huck. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation o...
ARP251 Waxhaw Massacre
July 24, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBColonel Banastre Tarleton slaughters a group of escaping Continentals at Waxhaw. General Clinton's edict that all colonists must join loyalist militias convinces many paroled men to rally to patriot units commanded by leaders such as Thomas Sumter and Francis Marion. Patriots attack and massacre a loyalist regiment commanded by Christian Huck. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendat...
ARP250 Mohawk Valley Raids
July 10, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutesNew York Loyalists and Iroquois warriors in Canada return to the Mohawk Valley in the Spring of 1780 to attack patriot towns and settlements. 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: Watt, Gavin K. For Want of His Silver Plate, Sir John Johnson's Raid of May 1780, Dundurn, 1997. (Buy at Fort Plain Bookstore) Online Recommendation of the Week: Swiggett, Howard, War out of N...
ARP249 St Louis Raid
June 26, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesNorth Carolina Overmountain Men form a new government for what would become Tennessee. A British inspired raid, primarily by disparate groups of Native warriors attack the Spanish outpost at St. Louis, and the Virginia outpost at Cahokia on May 26, 1780. Both attacks are thwarted. 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 Revolutionary War in the West, by Steph...
ARP248 Charleston Falls
June 12, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesAfter surrounding Charleston South Carolina, British General Henry Clinton compels the Continental Army under Benjamin Lincoln to surrender. The British deny their opponents the honors of war, taking the entire defending army as prisoners of war. The surrender in May 1780 marks the greatest loss for the Americans during the course of the Revolution. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommenda...
ARP247 Siege of Charleston
May 22, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesThe British under General Henry Clinton launch a full scale invasion to capture Charleston South Carolina. It takes months to move the army into place. Meanwhile the Americans under General Benjamin Lincoln prepare to meet the attack. 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: Partisans and Redcoats: The southern conflict that turned the tide of the American Revolution, by W...
ARP246 Mutiny of the Connecticut Line
May 08, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesIn the spring of 1780, the Marquis de Lafayette returns to America with the good news that a French army will soon follow. He finds the Continental Army on the verge of collapse, as starving soldiers consider mutiny. 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: Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution, by David A. Clary Online Recommend...
ARP245 San Juan Expedition
April 24, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutesIn 1780, Colonel Steven Kemble and Captain Horatio Nelson launch an attack into the heart of New Spain, in hopes of capturing new land for the British Empire. 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: Sugden, John Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758–1797, Holt, 2004 (borrow on archive.org) Online Recommendation of the Week: Kotlik, George “The British Invade Nicaragua: The San ...
ARP244 Russia & the League of Armed Neutrality
April 10, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutesRussia's Catherine the Great declares the right of neutral countries to continue commerce with combatant nations. Russia is joined by several other European powers, who form the League of Armed Neutrality. Britain refuses to accept the terms of the declaration, further isolating itself from most of the powers of Europe. 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: Catherine th...
ARP243 Relieving Gibraltar
March 27, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesIn January 1780 Britain send a relief fleet to resupply its garrison at Gibraltar. The Garrison had been under siege for six months by the Spanish Army and Navy. 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: Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History, by Roy and Lesley Adkins. Online Recommendation of the Week: A History Of The Siege Of Gibraltar (1779-1783), by John Drin...
ARP242 Raids Around New York
March 20, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutesThe Continental and British Armies make use of the fact that New York Harbor froze over during the winter of 1779-80. Both armies send raiding parties across the ice to attack enemy outposts. 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: Diary of a common soldier in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 : an annotated edition of the military journal of Jeremiah Greenman, or read o...
AR241 Drafting an Army & Freeing Slaves
March 13, 2022 10:55 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIncreasing difficulties in recruiting soldiers forces Congress to compel states to conscript soldiers for the 1780 campaign, leading to complaints of a standing army. Pennsylvania passes the first state law abolishing slavery over time. While the law begins the process, it would not lead to a single slave being freed under the law until 1808. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommenda...
ARP241 Drafting an Army & Freeing Slaves
March 13, 2022 10:55 - 31 minutesIncreasing difficulties in recruiting soldiers forces Congress to compel states to conscript soldiers for the 1780 campaign, leading to complaints of a standing army. Pennsylvania passes the first state law abolishing slavery over time. While the law begins the process, it would not lead to a single slave being freed under the law until 1808. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation ...
ARP240 New Southern Strategy
March 06, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutesThe British Army in North American must content for resources with the widening global war. General Clinton consolidates his armies in order to send an expedition against 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: Cornwallis and the War of Independence, by Franklin and Mary Wickwire. Online Recommendation of the Week: Marriot Arbutnot (More than Nelson): https:/...
ARP239 Winter at Morristown
February 20, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutesOver the winter of 1779-80, the Continental Army endures its most difficult winter of the war at Morristown, New Jersey. 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 Uncertain Revolution: Washington and the Continental Army at Morristown, by John T. Cunningham Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of Israel Putnam ("Old Put"), Major-General in the Continental Army, by I...
ARP238 Court Martial of Benedict Arnold
February 13, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutesAt the request of the prosecution, Arnold must wait for months to defend himself against charges. The court dismisses two of the four charges, but orders General Washington to reprimand Arnold for the other two charges. After receiving the reprimand, Arnold resumes his secret correspondence with the British. 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 Tragedy of Benedict ...
ARP237 The King’s Speech
February 06, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutesLondon is deeply divided in 1779 over courts martial of top naval officers and Parliamentary hearings with General Howe and Burgoyne over the loss of the army at Saratoga. Irish militia also hold demonstrations over war-related trade restrictions. Politicians in London begin turning toward plans to cut their losses and end the war in America. Only King George III seems to remain rigidly against independence. He uses his influence to keep war hawks in power and encourage continuation of the wa...
ARP236 Diplomatic Offensive
January 30, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutesFrench Minister Conrad Gerard is replaced by Anne-César de La Luzerne. Congress realizes it needs more allies in Europe, as well as access to more cash loans. Congress gives Benjamin Franklin complete control over negotiations with France. It also appoints John Adams to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain, and John Jay as minster to Spain. Congress also appoints Henry Laurens as Minster to the Netherlands. However Laurens is captured en route and sent to the Tower of London. Blog https://...
ARP235 Fort Wilson
January 23, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutesBy late 1779, supply chain issues and inflation brought about by the war and Continental dollars creates economic desperation in Philadelphia. Desperate militia members place the blame on greedy merchants of questionable loyalty to the cause. Their outrage culminates in a military assault on the home of James Wilson. 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: Arms, Country a...
ARP234 Siege of Savannah
January 16, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutesThe Continental Army cooperates with the French Navy to recapture Savannah Georgia from the British in the fall of 1779. A bloody assault on the city ends with the British holding the city, while the Americans and French withdraw. 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 Siege of Savannah, in 1779, by Charles C. Jones (or read on archive.org) Online Recommendation of t...
ARP233 Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis
January 09, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutesJohn Paul Jones circles around the British Isles, in search of targets to attack. Frustrated by his slow ship and disobedient officers and crew, Jones fears his mission will end in failure. then, he encounters the British warship Serapis. 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: John Paul Jones and the Bonhomme Richard: A Reconstruction of the Ship and an Account of the Ba...
ARP232 Jones and the Armada
January 02, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutesJohn Paul Jones spends nearly a year in France, awaiting a new ship. He finally receives a converted merchant ship, which he renames the Bonhomme Richard. The Commodore of a small fleets sets off to bring chaos to Britain while France and Spain prepare for a full-scale invasion of the island. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Book Recommendation of the We...
ARP231 Paulus Hook
December 26, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutesMajor Light Horse Harry Lee leads a 1779 raid on one of the few remaining British outposts in New Jersey. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Book Recommendation of the Week: 'Light Horse Harry' Lee In the War for Independence, by Jim Piecuch and John Beakes Online Recommendation of the Week: Schenawolf, Harry “Captain Allen McLane: Death Defying Spymaster ...