Revolutionary War Leaders
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Thomas Jefferson Describes the Revolutionary War in the South
Description of fighting in the south.
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry was born on July 17, 1744 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to a family of successful merchants. He entered his father’s merchant business...
Thomas Fraser
A native of New Jersey, Thomas Fraser sided with the Crown at the outbreak of the American Revolution. Fraser received a lieutenant's commission and...
"To Request That You Will Have It Proclaimed:" John Hancock writes to George Washington, July 6, 1776
John Hancock wrote to George Washington, informing him of the Declaration of Independence.
Banastre Tarleton: The Bloody Butcher of Waxhaws
VIDEO | Perhaps no fighter on Revolutionary War battlefields created such a name for themselves as Redcoat cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton. His...
James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson: “The President in Peril”
Dear Sir From the date of my last letter to you the President has been ill of a bilious fever; of that kind called the remittent. It has perhaps never...
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