A Miniature History of the American Revolution

[Minor edits 12/28/09] One of the few British accounts of the battle of Cowpens was provided by the Loyalist Alexander Chesney. In his Journ...

[Minor edits 12/28/09] The 71st Regiment of Foot was raised in 1775 among the Highlanders of Scotland; it was the first British regiment to ...

[Minor edits 12/28/09] In my last post I reviewed the statements of Private Robert Long of the South Carolina militia. Long's statement...

[Minor edits 12/27/09] Private Robert Long of South Carolina left two statements that described the deployment of American forces and import...

President Barack Obama invoked the American Revolution today in two parts of his inaugural address. His eloquent words made me think of why ...

[Revised 12/26/09] General : An 1822 history, Sketches... of the Highlanders of Scotland , which tells the story of the battle of Cowpens fr...

[Revised 12/26/09] There are three elevations of note on the Cowpens battlefield, designated by the numbers 1-3. Elevation #1 is the locati...