American Revolution Podcast

The Commander of the Continental Army leaves for Philadelphia in December 1778 to confer with Congress. His plans to stay for only a few days drags into well over a month as events keep him occupied in the city. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington, the Indispensable Man, by James Flexner Online Recommendation of the Week: Itinerary of George Washington, from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 https://archive.org/details/itineraryofgener01bake ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Meetup in Philadelphia, June 26: email me for details: [email protected] Live online Event July 4: Listen at: https://www.podbean.com/lsw/AmRevPodcast?lsid=VPnxetoGuL2 or get the Podbean on our Android or IOS device for the best interactive experience Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A frustrated President Henry Laurens resigns. Congress elects John Jay to run Congress. It also investigates General William Thompson for allegedly bad mouthing Congress. The session is also filled with efforts to deal with the growing debt and related inflation of the Continental Dollar. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: John Jay: Founding Father, by Walter Stahr. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Resignation of Henry Laurens: https://archive.org/details/jstor-20083317 ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Meetup in Philadelphia, June 26: email me for details: [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Britain sends a force under Colonel Archibald Campbell to take Savannah, Georgia. A small defensive force under General Robert Howe attempts a defense but is easily outmaneuvered. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Southern Strategy: Britain’s Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia 1775-1780, By David K Wilson Online Recommendation of the Week: Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill; sometime prisoner of war in the jail at Concord, Massachusetts, By Charles Walcott, 1899: https://archive.org/details/sirarchibaldcamp00walc ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Meetup in Philadelphia, June 26: email me for details: [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late in 1778, Both France and Britain look for vulnerable islands in the West Indies. France captures the British Island of Dominica Britain captures St. Lucia before a the French fleet arrives from America. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution and the West Indies, by Charles W. Toth (ed) (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: Founder of the day: founderoftheday.com, also FOTD Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3Gi2ZE_1piyX4aZ83cLbg ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Meetup in Philadelphia, June 26: email me for details: [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the fall of 1778, Americans attack Indian villages at Unadilla and Onaquaga in upstate New York. In response, Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant and Major Walter Butler of Butler's Rangers attack the Americans at Cherry Valley, NY. They slaughter men, women, and children. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Iroquois in the American Revolution, by Barbara Graymont (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: The Old New York Frontier, by Francis Whiting Halsey https://archive.org/details/oldnewyorkfronti01hals ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Meetup in Philadelphia, June 26: email me for details: [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Benedict Arnold struggles as military governor of Philadelphia. Radicals attack him for profiting from his office and for consorting with loyalists. Radicals execute collaborators while Arnold attempts to bring the city back together. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Tom Paine and Revolutionary America, by Eric Foner. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Edward Shippen Family: A Search for Stability in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, by Kenneth Kimsey: https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/565282/AZU_TD_BOX104_E9791_1973_325.pdf or borrow the eBook: https://archive.org/details/edwardshippenfam00kims Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Kelly, author of Valcour: The 1776 Campaign that Saved the Cause of Liberty, discusses the topic of his new book. Visit my blog at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15621839 or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Washington develops a spy ring in British-occupied New York to provide the Continental Army with intelligence on the enemy. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring, by Alex Rose Online Recommendation of the Week: Based on a True Story Podcast, Ep. 139 How does the show Turn! compare with actual events? https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/139-turn-washingtons-spies-with-michael-troy Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Admiral Richard Howe prepares to return to London, General Henry Clinton deploys a small fleet under Captain Patrick Ferguson to wipe out a "nest of pirates" at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. General Casimir Pulaski, who has assembled his legion, marches to Little Egg Harbor to defend against the raid. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution, by Francis C. Kajencki. Online Recommendation of the Week: Biographical sketch: or, Memoir of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Ferguson, by Adam Ferguson: https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00ferg Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1778: The British Army in New York City launches raids against the Continentals and into New Jersey before much of the army must leave for other parts of the British Empire. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Grand Forage 1778, The Battleground Around New York City, by Todd Braisted. Online Recommendation of the Week: Muh-he-ka-ne-ok, a History of the Stockbridge Nation, by J.N. Davidson. https://archive.org/details/muhhekaneokhisto00davi Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Canada gets a new military commander. Native warriors and loyalist militia step up their raids into northern New York in an attempt to reclaim the area for the King. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds, by Isabel Thompson Kelsay. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Story of Butler's Rangers and the Settlement of Niagara, by Earnest A. Cruikshank: https://archive.org/details/StoryOfButlersRangersAndTheSettlementOfNiagra Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Continental Army, backed by New England militia, attempts to capture the British garrison at Newport. The French Navy agrees to secure the waters around the island and contribute to the assault. After a storm damages the French fleet and a British relief fleet is sighted, the French sail for Boston. The Americans must retreat from the island before they are surrounded. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War, by Christian McBurney Online Recommendation of the Week: History of North America Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-vinet Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the late summer and fall of 1778, the Continental army holds inquiries into the leadership abilities of three of its top major generals: Charles Lee, Arthur St. Clair, and Phillip Schuyler. A fourth General, Thomas Mifflin, resigns. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: George Washington's Nemesis: The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court-Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War, by Christian McBurney. Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of General Philip Schuyler, 1733-1804: https://archive.org/details/lifeofgeneralphi00tuckiala Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Admiral Augustus Keppel and French Admiral Louis Guillouet, the comte d'Orvilliers lead fleets into the Atlantic. Each hope to destroy the other's fleet. After a relatively inconclusive battle at sea both battered fleets return to port. Disputes between top officers end careers on both sides. British Admirals Keppel and Palliser create a rift that divides naval officers and political leaders for a generation. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Syrett, David The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War, Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998 Online Recommendation of the Week: The Trial of the Honourable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue Squadron: At a Court Martial, https://archive.org/details/trialhonourable00blangoog Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After receiving a vague letter from Congress recalling him in spring 1778, Silas Deane returned to Philadelphia. He sailed aboard the French fleet and having successfully finalized the Treaties of Amity and Commerce. Upon his arrival, the Continental Congress kept him waiting for months while circulating rumors about accusations against him. After months of waiting and not being allowed to leave Philadelphia, Deane published an angry article in the newspapers. This only resulted in a messy and public dispute that delegates held against Deane. After well over a year, Congress ended the hearings with no final determination. Deane was left without a position or compensation for his time. Deane would eventually return to Europe as a private citizen. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Silas Deane, Revolutionary War Diplomat and Politician, by Milton C. Van Vlack. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, by Jared Sparks: Vol. 1: Silas Deane’s Correspondence: https://archive.org/details/diplomaticcorres01sparuoft Vol. 2: Arthur Lee’s Correspondence: https://archive.org/details/diplomaticcorres02sparuoft Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with author David O. Steward about his new book: George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father. We discuss George Washington the politician, and how his political skills grew over his life. Visit my blog at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15621839 or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colonel John Butler leads Butler's Rangers, along with various Iroquois warriors to the Wyoming Valley in what is today northeastern Pennsylvania. At the time, the land was disputed between Connecticut Yankees who supported the patriots and Pennsylvania Pennamites who backed the loyalists. With local Pennamite support, Colonel John Butler captures a Patriot fort. An opposing patriot force led by Colonel Zebulon Butler (no relation) attacks the invaders. The attacking patriots are quickly overwhelmed and take heavy casualties. Those taken prisoner are tortured and killed during the following night. Connecticut settlers end up surrendering four forts in the area and abandoning the Wyoming Valley to the loyalist Pennamites. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Zebulon Butler: Hero of the Revolutionary Frontier, by Linda A. Fossler and James R. Williamson. Online Recommendation of the Week: Hayden, Horace E. The Massacre of Wyoming. The Acts of Congress for the Defense of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1776-1778: with the Petitions of the Sufferers by the Massacre of July 3, 1778, for Congressional Aid, Wilkes-Barre Historical and Geological Society, 1895: https://archive.org/details/cu31924032753786 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Robert Howe struggles his own subordinates Continental officers, State leaders, and militia, in addition to the enemy as he attempts to secure Georgia and fend off threats from British-held Florida. His command leads to a duel with South Carolina Lt. Gov. Christopher Gadsden. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier, by Edward J. Cashin Online Recommendation of the Week: The Fourteenth Colony: Florida and the American Revolution in the South, University of Florida: unpublished doctoral dissertation, 2011, by Roger C. Smith: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/04/27/45/00001/smith_r.pdf Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In July 1778, the first French fleet sails into Delaware Bay. It drops off the new French Minister, Conrad Alexandre Gerard, as well as returning diplomat Silas Deane. Congress receives the French delegation in the newly recaptured capital of Philadelphia. Admiral d'Estaing sails to New York Harbor to confront the British Navy. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Minister from France: Conrad-Alexandre Gerard, 1729-1790, by Ruth Strong Hudson. Online Recommendation of the Week: France and the American Revolution, by James Breck Perkins: https://archive.org/details/franceinamerica00perk Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In late June 1778, the British Army halts its retreat from Philadelphia to New York to confront the pursuing Continentals. General Charles Lee begins a retreat in the face of the British assault. General Washington arrives on the field to turn around the army and force the British from the field. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle, by Lender & Stone Online Recommendation of the Week: Mark Lender and Christian McBurney discuss Monmouth on History Author Talks: https://youtu.be/xmfUau-lFHA Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William "Larry" Kidder, author of the book Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783, talks about life in Princeton, New Jersey during the American Revolution. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the British evacuation of Philadelphia in the summer of 1778, the Continental Army crosses into New Jersey to confront the British before they can reach New York City. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, by William R. Griffith Online Recommendation of the Week: https://EmergingRevolutionaryWar.com Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The British Army evacuates Philadelphia on June 18, 1778, abandoning many loyalist residents, and a city devastated by nearly nine months of occupation. Visit my site at blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783, by William L. Kidder Online Recommendation of the Week: Assessment of Damages Done by the British Troops during the Occupation of Philadelphia, 1777-1778 https://archive.org/details/jstor-20085980 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The loss at Saratoga and France's entry into the war prompts British leaders to repeal all offensive laws and send a new peace commission to America, ready to concede anything, short of full independence. By this time, however, the Americans are unwilling to accept anything less than independence. Despites months of attempted negotiation, the Commission fails to end the war. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes, by Christopher Hibbert. Online Recommendation of the Week: Savage, John T. Britain’s Conciliatory Proposal of 1778: A Study in Futility, Univ. of Richmond, (Master’s Thesis) 1968: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1906&context=masters-theses Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British General Robert Pigot, in command of the British garrison at Newport, deploys several raiding parties in the region to destroy American efforts to launch an attack on Newport. The British raid Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island, as well as Freetown, Massachusetts. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: A Dependent People: Newport, Rhode Island, in the Revolutionary Era, By Elaine F. Crane. Online Recommendation of the Week: Hearts and Minds: The Political and Military Effectiveness of the Rhode Island Militia in the American Revolution: https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA252300 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with author David Price about his new book: John Haslet's World Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lafayette leaps ahead of other generals to take a division command in the spring of 1778. The British throw a massive party for the departing General Howe in Philadelphia. Following the party, the British learn that Lafayette has crossed the Schuylkill near Philadelphia. They mobilize the regulars and Hessians to capture the young general, but Lafayette eludes capture. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: With the British Army in Philadelphia, 1777-1778, by John W. Jackson Online Recommendation of the Week: Strictures on the Philadelphia Mischianza or triumph upon leaving America unconquered, by Israel Mauduit: https://archive.org/details/stricturesonphil00maud Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the winter when the Continental Army regrouped at Valley Forge and the British occupied Philadelphia, Pennsylvania militia attempted to control the area in between the two armies. At the same time, various loyalist groups attempted to assert control, or at least take advantage of weaknesses in patriot defenses. One such group was the Doan Gang, which spied for the British and embarked on a crime wave throughout Bucks County. Late in the winter, regulars and loyalists under John Graves Simcoe attacked and dispersed the patriot militia, which was encamped at Crooked Billet. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Hidden History of Bucks County, by Jennifer Rogers. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Doan Outlaws, or, Bucks County's Cowboys in the Revolution, by John Rogers: https://archive.org/details/doanoutlawsorbuc00roge Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The British Army occupies Philadelphia over the winter of 1777-78. They discover that the capture of America's leading city is more trouble than it is worth. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Sullivan, Aaron The Disaffected: Britain's Occupation of Philadelphia During the American Revolution, Univ. of Penn. Press, 2019 Online Recommendation of the Week: Sullivan, Aaron “In but not of the Revolution: Loyalty, Liberty, and the British Occupation of Philadelphia” Dissertation, Temple Univ. 2014: https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/api/collection/p245801coll10/id/276077/download Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Americans construct a chain across the Hudson River to prevent further British incursions up into the Hudson Valley. To protect the chain, they build a series of forts, one in an island in the river and more on the western side of the river. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution, by Alex Storozynski Online Recommendation of the Week: The memoirs of Rufus Putnam and certain official papers and correspondence: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028847238 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast: Enter our raffle by joining the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Escaping from the law, Captain John Paul finds his way to America, changes his name to Jones, and after the Revolution begins, joins the Continental Navy. He overcomes many frustrations to bring a naval ship to France. From there, his ship raids the English shore and captures the Drake. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy, by Evan Thomas. Online Recommendation of the Week: Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Paul Jones, Vol 1: https://archive.org/details/vol1memoirsofrea00jone & Vol 2: https://archive.org/details/vol2memoirsofrea00jone Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Enter our raffle by joining the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with author Christian McBurney about his new book: George Washington's Nemesis: The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court-Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Enter our raffle by joining the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the winter of 1777-78. General Washington and General Howe try to come to an agreement to exchange prisoners of War. While an agreed cartel proves elusive, their efforts see the return of General Charles Lee and Colonel Ethan Allen. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution, 2019 by T. Cole Jones Online Recommendation of the Week: The Exchange of Major-General Charles Lee, https://archive.org/details/exchangeofmajorg00boud Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Enter our raffle by joining the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans under General Anthony Wayne and Navel Captain John Barry engage in a series of raids along southern New Jersey. Wayne's mission to seize cattle to bring back to the starving soldiers at Valley Forge. Barry helps Wayne get his force across the Delaware River, then tries to distract the British. He ends up capturing and scuttling several British vessels. In response, the British in Philadelphia deploy a force of several thousand soldiers to New Jersey. They are unable to capture Wayne or Barry. However, they do massacre members of the New Jersey militia, and destroy several farms in retaliation. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail, by Tim McGrath Online Recommendation of the Week: thehistorylist.com (use code AmRev2020) Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Enter our raffle by joining the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the midst of war, the people living in the disputed land between New York and New Hampshire declare themselves to be the independent Republic of Vermont. The new radical constitution is the first to abolish slavery, grant universal suffrage for all men, and guarantee public education for children. The other colonies refuse to recognize Vermont Independence, which must struggle for more than a decade to get recognition. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Reluctant Republic Vermont, 1724-1791, by Frederic F. Van De Water Online Recommendation of the Week: (eBook) "Memoir of Dr. Thomas Young" The Colonial Society of Massachusetts: https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov11colo/page/2/mode/2up Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list and enter our raffle!: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Continental Navy struggles to find a useful role in the war effort. Congress cahiers the navy's commander Esek Hopkins, and does not replace him. The navy carries John Adams to France to begin his diplomatic career. Captain Nicolas Biddle of the Randolph does battle with the British warship, Yarmouth. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Captain Dauntless: The Story of Nicholas Biddle of the Continental Navy, by William Bell Clark. Online Recommendation of the Week: (eBook) A Naval History of the American Revolution, Vol.I, by Garner Allen: https://archive.org/details/ANavalHistoryOfTheAmericanRevolutionVol.i Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Enter our raffle by joining the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop/arp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Michael C. Harris discusses the battle of Germantown and his new book about the battle. Germantown a Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4th, 1777. Savas Beatie, 2020. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a full text transcript, pictures, maps, and more books by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A down on his luck Prussian officer makes his way to America. There he obtains appointment as the army's Inspector General and trains the soldiers in formal military drill. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army, by Paul Lockhart. Online Recommendation of the Week: Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States, by Friedrich von Steuben: https://archive.org/details/2575061R.nlm.nih.gov Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By the end of 1777, British leaders in London express serious doubts about winning the war in America. After hearing news of Burgoyne's surrender and the French Alliance with America, Britain must make drastic changes. It declares war on France, then redeploys much of its army and navy to other parts of the Empire. The new North American Commander, Sir Henry Clinton must hold his forces in a defensive posture. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Howe Brothers & the American Revolution, by Ira D. Gruber. Online Recommendation of the Week: (Anonymous) “Gentleman, for many years a resident in America” A letter to Lord George Germaine, giving an account of the origin of the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies, London: Printed for T. Whieldon and Waller, 1778. https://archive.org/details/cihm_27479 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1778, the American Commissioners in Paris convince French King Louis XVI to sign a treaty of alliance and a treaty of amity and commerce, recognizing the US as an independent nation. The revelation of this alliance forces Britain to declare war on France. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Ten Key Campaigns of the American Revolution, Mark Edward Lender, ed. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Treaties of 1778, and Allied Documents: https://archive.org/details/treatiesof1778al00fran Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington's Continentals suffer a lack of food, clothing and shelter as it struggles to get through the winter at Valley Forge. At the same time, it must contest a British move into Darby in search of forage. Captain "light horse Harry" Lee distinguishes himself during this time. Americans also capture a British ship on the Delaware river. Washington fights with Congress to get what he needs to maintain and train his army. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge, by Thomas Fleming. Online Recommendation of the Week: The History of Valley Forge, by Henry Woodman: https://archive.org/details/historyofvalleyf00wood Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with author James Kirby Martin who recently wrote about the Saratoga Campaign in the new book The 10 Key Campaigns of the America Revolution. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a transcript of our discussion, as well as pictures, maps, and links to more books by James Kirby Martin. Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following the victory at Saratoga, political leaders consider the idea of replacing General George Washington with General Horatio Gates as Commander in Chief. Several ambitious officers within the Continental Army support the move. Congress appoints Gates to head the Board of War, where he can make strategy and give orders to Washington. Very quickly other top officers in the army make clear that these changes are unacceptable. Gates also fails to impress by organizing a new invasion of Quebec, which must be aborted before it even began. After several months, Congress ends up backing Washington as commander and drops any idea of replacing him. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Cabal!: The Plot Against General Washington, by Mark E. Lender. Online Recommendation of the Week: Lender discusses the Cabal with Brady Crytzer on the Dispatches Podcast: https://jardispatches.podbean.com/e/e34-mark-edward-lender-cabal-the-plot-against-general-washington Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the weeks following the battle of Germantown, the Continentals camp at Whitemarsh, only a few miles from the British lines. There, they set up defenses and prepare for another battle. Washington deploys Alexander Hamilton to see Horatio Gates in NY, in an attempt to get Gates to send reinforcements. The army also tries and cashiers Gen. Adam Stephen following accusations from Germantown. Congress orders the Continental Navy to sink several ships on the Delaware river to prevent their capture. After several weeks, the British army advance on the Continentals at Whitemarsh, but find the lines too well defended. After the British return to Philadelphia, the Continentals move into winter quarters at Valley Forge. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow. Online Recommendation of the Week: Whitemarsh; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania society of Sons of the revolution at Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1909, by Charles Henry Jones, https://archive.org/details/whitemarshaddres00jone_0 Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the British Army in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress moves to Lancaster, Pa, and then to York. There, they have to fight off defeatism while many delegates, including President John Hancock, return home. The Congress does finally finish its proposed Articles of Confederation, which it sends to the state for ratification. News of the victory at Saratoga help raise everyone's spirits. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Continental Congress, by Edmund Cody Burnette. Online Recommendation of the Week: Articles of Confederation, as adopted Nov. 15, 1777, transcript: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/print_friendly.php?flash=false&page=transcript&doc=3&title=Transcript+of+Articles+of+Confederation Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hessians under Col. von Donop fail to capture Fort Mercer following an aggressive attack. The British focus on Fort Mifflin, subjecting the garrison to a massive artillery barrage for days. Eventually the surviving defenders make a nighttime escape to Fort Mercer. Following the loss of Fort Mifflin and expecting a second assault on Fort Mercer, the garrison there abandons the fort and moves to rejoin the main Continental Army. Any remaining American naval vessels on the river are burned to prevent their capture by the enemy. With that, the Delaware River is freed from impediments Another force under General Lafayette attacks a Hessian outpost at Gloucester, inflicting more casualties. It reminds the British that its outposts are still threatened. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Fight for the Delaware, by Samuel Stelle Smith Online Recommendation of the Week: Ann C. Whitall, the heroine of Red Bank by Isabella and Wallace McGeorge: https://archive.org/details/anncwhitallheroi04mcge Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with author Kurt Avard, about his new novel First, Do No Harm. In 17th Century Vienna, a local watchman discovers a dead body outside of Stephansdom Cathedral. He soon realizes that the black plague is sweeping across the city. He must determine: Is there a medical cure that will stop this illness from devastating the population? or is the plague the result of other-worldly beings bringing God’s wrath to a sinful people? Author Kurt Avard takes readers on a journey through a society still emerging from medieval Europe to embrace enlightenment. The struggle between religion and science breaks into open warfare as a determined group searches for a way to end this terrible suffering. First, Do No Harm releases on September 25, 2020. Pre-order your book on Amazon today. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After capturing Philadelphia in 1777, the British spend weeks trying to open the Delaware River so that the navy can supply the occupying army. The Americans spent years installing barriers and forts to make the approach difficult and dangerous. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Pennsylvania Navy: Defending the Delaware 1775-1781, by John W. Jackson. Online Recommendation of the Week: Ford, Worthington C. Defences of Philadelphia in 1777, Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1897: https://archive.org/details/defencesofphilad00ford Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After failing to push through the American Lines, British General Burgoyne holds out for a relief force from New York City. Although the British attack Kingston, NY as a distraction, the Continental Army keeps its focus on Burgoyne's army. Finally, with no options left, General Burgoyne agrees to a surrender. General Gates agrees to generous terms, promising to send Burgoyne's army back to England. However, the Continental Congress refuses to comply with those terms and keeps the army prisoner for the remainder of the war. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Generals of Saratoga: John Burgoyne and Horatio Gates, by Max M. Mintz, 1990. Online Recommendation of the Week: HistoryAuthorTalks.com Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The British under General Johnny Burgoyne make a desperate push against the Americans under the command of General Horatio Gates on Bemis Heights, in upstate New York. General Benedict Arnold defies Gates' orders to stay away. Instead, he leads the Americans to victory before being shot down near the end of the day. The British are forced to withdraw and remain trapped. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, by Nathaniel Philbrick, 2016 Online Recommendation of the Week: Eelking, Max von, (translated by Stone, William L.) Memoirs of Major General Riedesel, Vol. 1, J. Munsell, 1868: https://archive.org/details/memoirsmajorgen00eelkgoog Contact me via email at [email protected] Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices