American Revolution Podcast

Desperate actions by militia in 1782 regarding the murder of prisoners forces Washington to make a controversial decision. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Charles Asgill Affair: Setting the Record Straight, by Anne Ammundsen. Online Recommendation of the Week: His...

The French recapture St. Eustatius in late 1781, just as the French fleet under Admiral De Grasse returns from Yorktown. With the arrival of the fleet, the French also capture St. Kitts. Admiral Rodney and Admiral Hood join together to defeat the French fleet at the battle of the Saintes. Just as that battle is coming to an end, the Spanish, using American privateers capture the Bahamas. Blog http...

In March 1782, American militia destroy a Moravian Christian community of white settlers and Indians living in Ohio. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: David Zeisberger: A Life Among the Indians, by Earl Olmstead (borrow on Archive.org).  Online Recommendation of the Wee...

After news of Yorktown reaches London, Lord North's government falls. As new opposition government lead by Lord Rockingham forms despite the King's opposition. The new government focuses on recognizing American Independence and ending the war. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of th...

British General Henry Clinton finds himself under increasing pressure from his own officers to resign command. General Washington approves an attempt to kidnap King George III's son in New York. Continental General Alexander McDougall faces a court martial. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recomm...

The victory at Yorktown leaves the Continental Congress deeper in debt and weaker than ever. States, no longer fearing an imminent British threat, provide little support. Congress appoints secretaries who create a rudimentary executive branch with almost no power. British loyalist attempt to steal embarrassing and confidential records from the State House (Independence Hall). Blog https://blog. Am...

In 1781 and 1782, Britain battles the Kingdom of Mysore, headed by Hyder Ali in southern India. At the same time, Britain takes colonies from France and the Netherlands. French and British Navies fight multiple battles offshore for control of the subcontinent. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Rec...

In 1781, A Spanish fleet, backed by the French Navy, takes the island of Menorca in the Mediterranean. The British garrison on the island holds out at Fort St. Phillip until early 1782. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American R...

At the beginning of 1782, both South Carolina and Georgia reestablish their state legislatures, primarily focused on the loyalists still in their states. General Sumter retires. John Laurens replaces Light Horse Harry Lee as the Continental Army's head of cavalry in South Carolina. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this we...

As 1781 comes to an end, South Carolina militia continue their back and fort attacks. General Greene uses the Continentals to for the British to abandon John's Island, just south of Charleston. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Partisan War: The South Carolina Campa...

General Alexander Leslie takes Command in Charleston. William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham goes on a rampage across South Carolina. General Nathanael Greene tightens the noose around Charleston. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Loyalism in South Carolina 1764-1785, by Robe...

British efforts to hold North Carolina lead to loyalist David Fanning kidnapping the patriot Governor Thomas Burke. New of the British surrender at Yorktown arrives with orders for British Regulars to evacuate to Charleston. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Nothing But...

Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  The Day The Revolution Ended: 19 October 1781, By William Hallahan. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Campaign in Virginia, 1781: an exact reprint of six rare pamphlets on the Clinton-Cornwallis controversy... https://archive.org/...

The Continental and French Armies lay siege to the British Army at Yorktown. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Yorktown, 1781: A Reassessment, by John D. Granger. Online Recommendation of the Week: March to Victory: Washington, Rochambeau and the Yorktown...

The French Fleet under Admiral De Grasse, and the British Fleet under Admiral Graves battle for control of the waters around Yorktown in September 1781. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktow...

ARP297 March to Yorktown General Washington and General Rochambeau struggle with logistical problems to get their armies from New York to Virginia. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  The Campaign that Won America, by Burke Davis. (borrow on archive.org)  Online Recommen...

General Greene leads the Southern Continental Army against the last British Army in South Carolina, outside of Charleston. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week:  Eutaw Springs: The Final Battle of the American Revolution’s Summer Campaign, by Robert Dunkerly, Robert & Irene...

In September, 1781, Benedict Arnold leads a fleet from New York City to New London, Connecticut. His British forces burn the town and massacre the defenders of Fort Griswold. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold, Clare Brand...

I interview Gen. Jason Bohm about his book: Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777 Go to my blog for a full transcript of this episode: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2024/01/ar-sp24-washingtons-marines-with-jason.html Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777, By Jason Bohm (Savas Beatie, 2023). Learn more a...

In the summer of 1781, the British and Dutch Navies do battle in the English Channel. Parliament is still confident that it can outlast its enemies. European leaders attempt to get the combatants to negotiate a peace, that may or may not recognize American independence. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode...

Tom Hand, author of An American Triumph, and host Michael Troy discuss the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Hand, Tom An American Triumph: America's Founding Era Through the Lives of Ben Franklin, George Washin...

In the summer of 1781, the British in South Carolina seek to make an example of a patriot officer who violated his oath of allegiance to the king. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Martyr of the American Revolution: The Execution of Isaac Hayne, South Carolinian, by C....

In late summer 1781, General Greene rests his Continentals after hard months of fighting. General Thomas Sumter, aided by Colonels Francis Marion and Light Horse Harry Lee, attack the British at Quinby's Bridge and Shubrick's Plantation. Marion goes on to another attack near Parker's Ferry. Meanwhile, General Greene advances efforts to reestablish the patriot government in Georgia. Blog https://bl...

Tory raids from Canada into New York continue as the Continentals are unable to spare any soldiers. At Governor Clinton's request, Continental Colonel Marinus Willett takes command of the New York Militia. Over the summer and fall of 1781, he attacks raiding parties at New Dorlach, Johnstown, and elsewhere. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, an...

General Washington and General Rochambeau meet in Wethersfield in May 1781 to discuss campaign goals for the fighting season. Washington insists on taking back New York City. The two armies meet just north of Manhattan in July to evaluate British defenses and see if an attack has any chance of success. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and lin...