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ARP304 Jacksonborough Assembly Mar 24, 2024

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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.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas, by Ed Southern (borrow on archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Elections in the American Colonies, by Cortland Bishop: https://archive.org/details/historyelection00bishgoog

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ARP303 John's Island Mar 17, 2024

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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.

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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 Week: William Brereton: https://www.17thregiment.com/archive/captain-william-brereton-and-the-grenadier-company-officers-of-the-17th-part-2

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ARP302 Cloud's Creek Massacre Mar 10, 2024

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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.

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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 Bloody Scout” Journal of the American Revolution, July 8, 2021: https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/07/william-blood-bill-cunningham-and-the-bloody-scout

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ARP301 Evacuation of Wilmington Mar 03, 2024

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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.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Nothing But Blood and Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, Vol 3, by Patrick O'Kelly

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning: https://archive.org/details/toryintherevolu00fannrich

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ARP300 Surrender at Yorktown Feb 25, 2024

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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

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ARP299 Siege of Yorktown Feb 18, 2024

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The Continental and French Armies lay siege to the British Army at Yorktown.

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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

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ARP298 Battle of the Capes Feb 11, 2024

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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.

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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://morethannelson.com/battle-chesapeake-bay-5-september-1781

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ARP297 March to Yorktown Feb 04, 2024

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ARP297 March to Yorktown

General Washington and General Rochambeau struggle with logistical problems to get their armies from New York to Virginia.

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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

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ARP296 Eutaw Springs Jan 28, 2024

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General Greene leads the Southern Continental Army against the last British Army in South Carolina, outside of Charleston.

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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, 1780-1783, by Edward McCrady: https://archive.org/details/southcarolina00mccrrich

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ARP295 New London Raid Jan 21, 2024

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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.

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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, Official Reports, Records, &c., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, and the Burning of New London by British Troops, Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the sixth of September, 1781: https://archive.org/details/battlegroton00harrrich

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