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On this day 250 years ago in South Carolina, the first Siege of Ninety Six ended after three days in a truce between the Patriots and the Loyalists. The Patriots were almost out of ammunition and were outnumbered by the Loyalists, so they Loyalists would have won the battle had they continued the siege. Although…
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On this day 250 years ago from Point aux Trembles, Quebec, Col. Benedict Arnold reported to General Washington that on November 14 he and his men had crossed the St Lawrance without Obstruction, except from a Barge, on which we fired & killed three Men, but as the Enemy were apprised of our coming, and…
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On this day 250 years ago, or maybe the next day, November 20, 1775, Dr. John Connolly, Lt. Allen Cameron and Dr. John Smyth were arrested in Hagerstown, Maryland for plotting to raise an army of Indians and Loyalists to march from Pittsburgh to Alexandria, Virginia. There they planned to meet Governor Dunmore’s flotilla and…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin wrote to the Lancaster County Committee on behalf of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety regarding public arms in the County: We have considered your respectful answer to our application for the public Arms in the County of Lancaster, and are fully satisfied with the reasons you…
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On this day 250 years ago, Henry Knox left Cambridge, Massachusetts. to head to Fort Ticonderoga under orders of General Washington. On that same day in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress commissioned Knox as a Colonel in the Continental Army. Sources: https://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/henry-knox-begins-the-knox-expedition.html; https://allthingsliberty.com/2019/02/henry-knoxs-noble-train-of-artillery-no-ox-for-knox/ Also on this day 250 years ago, the initial two ships of the…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington ordered Henry Knox immediately to examine into the state of the Artillery of this army & take an account of the Cannon, Mortars, Shels, Lead & ammunition that are wanting; When you have done that, you are to proceed in the…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, John Adams wrote to Richard Henry Lee: A Legislative, an Executive and a judicial Power, comprehend the whole of what is meant and understood by Government. It is by ballancing each of these Powers against the other two, that the Effort in humane Nature towards Tyranny, can…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia while attending the Second Continental Congress, John Adams wrote William Tudor, the Judge Advocate of the Continental Army, and his former associate: Virtue, my young Friend, Virtue alone, is and can be the Foundation of our new Governments Source: https://americanfounding.org/entries/second-continental-congress-november-14-1775/
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On this day 250 years ago, Continental Army troops, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts militia, Green Mountain Boys from Vermont and Canadian volunteers under the command of Irish immigrant, Brigadier General Richard Montgomery occupied Montreal, Canada without firing a shot. British soldiers under Governor Carleton abandoned the city on the approach of the American army.…
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On this day 250 years ago in Charlestown harbor, South Carolina, at 4:00 a.m., the HMS Tamar and HMS Cherokee drifted close to the USS Defense. Both British ships commenced to fire broadside shots at the Defense for three hours. The Defense managed to sink the last hulk and then withdrew from the area. The Tamar sent an armed boat to the hulk and set it…
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