A Miniature History of the American Revolution

This is the tenth in a series of posts depicting the battle of Guilford Courthouse in miniature. Previous posts: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , ...

This is the final of several posts that describes, verbatim, Joseph Graham's account of the battle of Ramsour’s Mill . The account is i...

Graham’s Description of the Battlefield Joseph Graham began his account of the battle of Ramsour’s Mill by describing the disposition of th...

Joseph Graham described for historians not only the battle of Ramsour’s Mill itself, but also the sequence of events that led up to it. A ...

Part 13: Reinforcement and Retreat Previous: Stalemate The final British bayonet charge and the withdrawal to the center of the open area ef...

Part 12: Stalemate Previous: Rousselet's Gallant Stand Next: Reinforcement and Retreat The battle of Hanging Rock began as a major assau...

Part 11: Rousselet's Gallant Stand Previous: The British Flank Attack Next: Stalemate After the American militia charged the center camp...

Part 10: The British Flank Attack Previous: Battle for the Center Camp Next: Rousselet's Gallant Stand Around the time the battle opened...

Part 9: Battle for the Center Camp Previous: An Ill-Timed Reinforcement Next: The British Flank Attack At the same time that elements of the...

Part 7: Bryan's Defeat Previous: Sumter's Night March to Hanging Rock Next: An Ill-Timed Reinforcement Battle plan in place, the Ame...