American Revolution Podcast

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...

In the summer of 1781, after raiding Virginia, General Cornwallis obeys orders from General Clinton to retreat to the coast. General Lafayette, after getting reinforcements under General Anthony Wayne, attacks the British rear near Green Spring, Virginia. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommen...

After withdrawing from Guilford Courthouse, General Cornwallis moves to Wilmington, NC. Rather than chasing Greene's Continentals back south, the British opt to move north into Virginia. They take Richmond and raid Monticello and Charlottesville. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of...

With the main southern British army under General Cornwallis in Virginia, and the next larges outpost at Camden having retreated to Charleston, General Greene targets Fort Ninety-Six in the South Carolina Backcountry. 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: Francis Rawdon-Has...

General Thomas Sumter struggles to rebuild an army that can defeat the British in South Carolina and Georgia. 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: Slavery and Freedom in the American Revolution, by Ira Berlin (ed). Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of Maj. Gen. Henry...

In May, 1781, after the British army under General Cornwallis retreats to the coast of North Carolina. General Greene's Continentals, supported by local militia attack British outposts in South Carolina at Fort Watson and Fort Motte, and due battle with the British under Lord Rawdon at Hobkirk Hill. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links...

In the spring of 1781, the Spanish Army under Bernardo de Gálvez lays siege to the British at Fort George under General John Campbell. 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 Longest Siege of the American Revolution: Pensacola, by Wesley S Odom Online Recommendation of th...

In the spring of 1781, the British deploy a larger army under General William Phillips to Virginia. Phillips and Benedict Arnold move on Petersburg with the intent of entering and occupying Richmond. 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: Ward, Harry M. Richmond during the R...

Following the British raid on Richmond by in early 1781, the Americans target its commander, former American General Benedict Arnold. Washington deploys General Lafayette to check the British in Virginia. Lafayette has trouble getting his army into the state, and gets no help from Governor Jefferson or other leaders in Virginia.  After the French lose a naval battle off the Virginia coast, the Bri...

In the spring of 1781, Congress sets up executive departments, run by secretaries, to help manage the government. It also finally convinces Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation. The British reveal letters from Silas Deane arguing that Congress should give up on independence. Blog https://blog. AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to th...

In this special episode we hear from podcaster Rich Napolitano from Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. He discusses the life of John Paul Jones. For more info on the Shipwrecks and Seadogs Podcast, go to https://www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com This podcast, along with the American Revolution Podcast, can be found at the "Into History" Podcast Network. For more info, go to https://intohistory.com   Learn more a...

In March 1781, General Nathanael Greene returns his Continental Army to North Carolina for a showdown with the British under General Charles Cornwallis. The two armies meet on the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse. 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: Battle of Guilford C...