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Kenneth Scarlett Victory Day Ep 2 of 2

Historyman presents Kenneth Scarlett, author of “Victory Day, Winning American Independence, The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy”.  Winner of the 2023 Fraunces Tavern Museum Honorable Mention Award. In this 2nd of two episodes Scarlett walks us through his research and some of the lesser known key figures and events that led to the creation […]

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Defending Fort Stanwix, the fort that never surrendered by William L. Kidder

Historyman presents Defending Fort Stanwix, the fort that never surrendered by William L. Kidder.  Cornell University Press is releasing this new book about the failed siege of Fort Stanwix by the British in the Mohawk Valley of New York during the American Revolutionary War.  Author William L. Kidder provides insight into his research and story

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Mary, Soldier Tom and other family at Thomas Sumter’s house when the British arrive in May 1780:

A cursory review of “Thomas Sumter” by Anne King Gregory and “African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution” by Bobby G. Ross and Michael C Scoggins reveals some interesting facts about the home of one of the heroes of the War of Independence in South Carolina. Thomas Sumter, also known as the

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Podcast: Fort Ninety Six, the Last Battle and the Aftermath with Rick Morris

Historyman presents the fourth in a series of episodes on Fort Ninety Six, SC.  Rick Morris relates the last battle at the fort where Nathaniel Greene, Andrew Pickens, Light Horse Harry Lee and others converge on Ninety Six to confront the British garrison.  Siege warfare, Mayhem towers, cannon, tunnels and hand to hand fighting mark

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