American Revolution Podcast

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ARP261 Augusta Raid Dec 11, 2022

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While 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.

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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 Georgia Loyalist, by Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston https://archive.org/details/recollectionsofg00john

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ARP260 Fishing Creek & Musgrove Mill Nov 27, 2022

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British 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.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Revolutionary War in the Southern Back Country, by James Swisher (borrow on archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: Tarleton, Banastre A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America, London: T. Cadell 1787.

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ARP259 Camden Nov 13, 2022

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General Cornwallis routes the Americans at Camden, SC, destroying a second southern army and ending the military career of Horatio Gates.

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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: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/05/unlucky-or-inept-gates-at-camden

“Winner or Runner? Gates at Camden” Journal of the American Revolution, April 8, 2014: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/04/winner-or-runner-gates-at-camden

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ARP258 Gates Takes Command Oct 30, 2022

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The 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.

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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://archive.org/details/GatesAtCamden

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ARP257 French Army in America Oct 16, 2022

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The French Army Arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, and prepares to assist the Continental Army, just as soon as everyone got enough resources.

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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 for America: Memoirs of Rochambeau” The North American Review

Part 1 May 1, 1917 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25151043
Part 2, June 1, 1917 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25121561
Part 3, July 1, 1917 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25121590

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ARP256 Hanging Rock Oct 02, 2022

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Over 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.

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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 History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British province to an independent state, Vol. 2, By David Ramsey: https://archive.org/details/historyofrevolut02rams

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ARP255 Ramsour’s Mill Sep 18, 2022

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General 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.

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Book Recommendation of the Week:

The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas, by John Buchanan. (borrow on Archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: Runyan, Conner “Did the first Cedar Springs Skirmish Really Happen?” Journal of the American Revolution, May 12, 2016. https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/05/did-the-first-cedar-springs-skirmish-really-happen

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AR-SP16 History Daily’s Battle of Princeton Sep 11, 2022

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This 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

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ARP254 Springfield Sep 04, 2022

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After 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.

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Book Recommendation of the Week:

The Forgotten Victory: The Battle for New Jersey - 1780, by Thomas Fleming (or borrow on Archive.org)

Online Recommendation of the Week:

Sobol, Thomas T. “William Maxwell, New Jersey’s Hard Fighting General” Journal of the American Revolution, August 15, 2016. https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/08/william-maxwell-new-jerseys-hard-fighting-general

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ARP253 Connecticut Farms Aug 21, 2022

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While 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.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, 1780, by Edward Lengel.

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major-General in the Army of the United States during the Revolution: with selections from his correspondence, By Wm Duer: https://archive.org/details/lifeofwilliamale00duerw

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