A Miniature History of the American Revolution

This is the third of three posts on the February 3, 1779, battle of Port Royal Island. For the first two parts, see here and here . On Port...

In late January, 1779, Major Valentine Gardiner led a British expedition north from Savannah, Georgia, along the South Carolina coast. The B...

By 1778, the war in the northern theater had effectively reached a stalemate, and the British began to place increasing importance on the re...

Part 22: Flight Previous: Collapse Next: Surrender The Continental infantry dealt their British counterparts a deadly blow when first they d...

Part 17: The Second Crisis Previous: The First Crisis Next: The Third Crisis In the center of the battlefield, the British front line bore d...

Part 8: The Americans Deploy Previous: Initial Contact Next: Morgan's Plan Now certain that battle was eminent, Brigadier-General Danie...

Last time , I noted that the British commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton, deployed a troop of cavalry on either end of his line ...

[Revised 12/28/09] My previous posts have generally focused on specific British and American units that fought at the battle of Cowpens, and...