An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...
The United States is a relatively young country, speaking in the grander scope of things. That said, it is a nation that has been shaped and molded by conflict. Whether it is wars of colonialism and ...
BRUSHING UP ON OUR LOCAL REVOLUTIONARY WAR HISTORY TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATTLE OF CEDAR SPRINGS TOOK PLACE BACK IN 1780, RIGHT IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. AND TODAY, RE-ENACTORS RETURN TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...
What do you think you know about the American Revolution? Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, ...