America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

Posey served in various military roles throughout the Revolution. The Indiana Historical Society has his original enlistment ...

Tickets are available to hear Atkinson talk about his newest book Monday. He'll appear downtown at the First Presbyterian Church.

The HMS Gaspee, a British customs schooner, seized cargo from a sloop owned by Nathanael Greene, future second-in-command of the Continental Army. The Gaspee's officers claimed the cargo was ...

Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene is familiar to readers of military history, but should be known to all Americans. A lapsed Quaker from Rhode Island, he was second only to Washington as the Continental ...

The British army had a total of 9,000 men. Washington’s army consisted of 8,000 Continentals and 3,000 militiamen. Washington planned to attack the enemy at Germantown using a double envelopment.

The documents were passed to the commander of the Continental Army in the southern theater, Nathanael Greene, by another courier. After the British soldiers' encounter with the Martin sisters, the ...

Preserving the National Historical Park where troops survived the winter of 1779-80. Treasures of New Jersey: Jockey Hollow, Morristown National Historical Park examines the crucial role the ...

Washington appointed Greene as the commanding officer of all Continental Army forces in the South, which included Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina. There, he helped pioneer guerilla warfare ...

That summer, as Washington organized his army, Congress appointed Continental officers, including eight brigadier generals. Greene, at thirty-three, was the youngest.

The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It is the foundational document of the United States of America, signaling the split from Britain ...

The tranquility of Fort Greene’s leafy, brownstone-lined streets belies its dark origin story. It was here that the Continental Army suffered its worst defeat of the American Revolution.