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The  General...  Thomas Gage Many British officers who served in the American Revolution had previously been active in North America d...

The Place When General George Washington and the Continental Army arrived in New York in early summer 1776, the strategic situation was...

To paraphrase the most interesting man in the world... I don't often do book reviews on the Yankee Doodle Spies blog. Still, when I ...

This week marks the 239th birthday of the U.S. Army. Around the world, Army units and many other DoD components will celebrate this day,...

First Patriot I often use the term "First Patriot" to describe those who served in the American War for Independence or who oth...

What Mansion Would that Be? To be more specific, the Morris mansion, or as it was later known, the Morris-Jumel mansion. Readers of The P...

Cold Steel This blog is about cold steel: more specifically, the sword. Despite the increasing use of firearms, blades remained a vital pa...