I had this show on DVD growing up, now it's on YouTube for free. There are some major actors playing different characters in this show.
This is also the reason I know the Spanish were part of the War.
I like this show so much!
As accurate as I could get for a shot pouch and horn used by a frontier rifleman or militiaman around the 1770’s.
I’ve been researching our families genealogy since around 2002 or so. My father never knew his biological father and in his early 40s realized what a waste that had been. Ultimately, in 2005, I was able to find them and reconnect them. They were able to build and have a relationship until my grandfather passed in 2011.
On that initial journey, I found out that we were descended from William White of the Mayflower! That was years ago and I never really found anything else, until about a month ago. I have since found 6 other great grandparents from the Mayflower, Richard Warren included, all from my paternal line. Just last week, I found that my maternal line also descends from Richard Warren through a second child! My dad’s family is originally from NY/NJ and my moms family is from MS!
I’ve also discovered 10 Revolutionary War Patriots, all from my paternal line. It seems really far fetched. Is this even possible??
People usually treat American independence like it became inevitable after Lexington and Concord.
It really wasn’t.
By spring 1776, many colonial leaders still hoped reconciliation with Britain was possible, especially in the South. And no colony mattered more than Virginia.
Virginia was the largest and most politically influential colony in British America. Its elite had deep economic and social ties to Britain, and many of its leaders had far more to lose from revolution than the average patriot in Boston.
That’s why the Fifth Virginia Convention in Williamsburg was such a huge moment.
In May 1776, Virginia officially moved toward independence and instructed its delegates in Philadelphia to support separation from Britain. Figures like Thomas Nelson Jr. helped make that transition possible.
A few weeks later, Richard Henry Lee introduced the resolution declaring that the colonies “are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”
I made a video about this overlooked turning point because it genuinely feels like one of the moments where the Revolution stopped being resistance and started becoming a new nation.
Video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/qq5nF_hrJR8
https://www.tiktok.com/@virtualwayback/video/7639374243783920904
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYR_i9IBzV7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
https://history-maps.com/boards/uniforms-of-the-american-revolution
The figures in white coats are soldiers from the Spanish Louisiana Regiment, and those in red coats are from the Company of Free Blacks of Havana.
Almost ready with the new American Revolution board. Creating more content for the American Revolutionary War at https://history-maps.com/
https://history-maps.com/boards/uniforms-of-the-american-revolution
An early Revolutionary War moment in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 22, 1775, just after news of Lexington and Concord reached the town.
The mounted officer in red is Benedict Arnold, before his later betrayal of the American cause. At this point he was a Patriot militia captain, leading the Governor’s Second Company of Guards, also called the Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guards. Their red uniforms can make them look like British troops, but here they are American Patriot militia, not British regulars.
The scene takes place outside Beers Tavern, where New Haven’s selectmen were gathered. Arnold needed ammunition before marching to join the Patriot forces near Boston, but the town’s powder house was locked and the officials had the keys. The painting captures the confrontation: Arnold and his armed men press the civilian authorities to hand over access to the powder, flints, and ammunition.
Most people think of Yorktown as a clean, decisive victory. British surrender, American independence, end of the war.
What surprised me during my research is how much of the French experience never shows up in that narrative.
For example, during the lead-up to the siege, French artillery units were dealing with conditions that had nothing to do with combat. Moving heavy guns through mud, managing supply constraints, and even losing men in non-combat incidents that rarely get mentioned in American accounts.
There are also records of French soldiers who died before they ever saw battle, including incidents during unloading operations along the York River that simply disappear from most retellings.
It changes the way you see Yorktown. Less like a single decisive moment, more like a fragile coalition effort where logistics, weather, and coordination mattered as much as strategy.
Curious how others here think about the French role at Yorktown. Do you think it’s underrepresented in how the story is usually told?
HistoryMaps presents: Margaret Corbin
During the American Revolutionary War, Margaret Cochran Corbin followed her husband John Corbin with the Pennsylvania Artillery as a camp follower, doing support work like nursing wounded soldiers and hauling water during fighting.
On November 16, 1776, at the Battle of Fort Washington in northern Manhattan, her husband was killed while serving a cannon. Corbin stepped into his place on the gun crew and kept the cannon firing until she was shot and seriously wounded.
Her injuries left her unable to work normally afterward, and she was kept on military rolls in the Corps of Invalids. In 1779 she began receiving official financial support, becoming the first woman to get a congressional pension for military service.
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I just want to learn, but its so dumb nowadays. Am I missing something?
During the American Revolutionary War, Margaret Cochran Corbin followed her husband John Corbin with the Pennsylvania Artillery as a camp follower, doing support work like nursing wounded soldiers and hauling water during fighting.
On November 16, 1776, at the Battle of Fort Washington in northern Manhattan, her husband was killed while serving a cannon. Corbin stepped into his place on the gun crew and kept the cannon firing until she was shot and seriously wounded.
Her injuries left her unable to work normally afterward, and she was kept on military rolls in the Corps of Invalids. In 1779 she began receiving official financial support, becoming the first woman to get a congressional pension for military service.
A short interactive-style breakdown of the first day of the American Revolution.
Hear from Paul Revere, Colonel James Barrett, and British commander Francis Smith as they face the same moment from different sides.
April 19, 1775. Lexington at dawn. Concord by daylight. No turning back.
Did Revere fail his mission or did it still succeed because Prescott made it to Concord?
This is one of the strangest stories from the Revolution.
Button Gwinnett wasn’t just a signer of the Declaration, he ended up in a bitter rivalry that led to a duel… and his death.
We put together a short video telling that story using real historical records.
Curious what people think about this side of the founding era. Was this kind of personal conflict inevitable in that moment?
If you want to go deeper, you can actually talk with Gwinnett and other figures
I've made a playing card deck and commemorative medallion for the semiquincentennial, but I'm not trying to promote it as much as I'm asking for opinions on the promotional video I've made for it. My deck uses 4 flags as the playing card suits; Gadsden, Bedford, Betsy Ross, and the Pine Tree flag. No, I'm not Mel Gibson; I didn't use Camden as a backdrop for the Gadsden flag or Yorktown for the "Betsy Ross" flag.
I thought it'd be appropriate to use famous paintings of the Revolution for 3 of the flags, so I used the Nassau landing for the Gadsden flag, Lexington/Concord for Bedford, and the Constitution/Guerriere battle for the Pine Tree flag. For the fourth, since the "Betsy Ross" flag didn't come along until 1792, I used a painting of Washington's inauguration as a backdrop.
Anyhow, here's the video:
