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  • Virginia’s Continentals, 1775-1778, Volume One
    Michael Cecere
    When the Revolutionary War erupted in Massachusetts in April 1775, no American army existed. Each colony had its own militia that required inhabitants, typically free men between the ages of sixteen to fifty years old, to defend the colony when needed. Few colonists imagined prior to 1775 that such colonial militia would be pitted against the professional regulars of the Britis...
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    38,21 €

  • A Brave, Active, and Intrepid Soldier. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Campbell of the Virginia Continental Line
    Michael Cecere
    Richard Campbell of Virginia is one of thousands of Revolutionary War veterans whose service and sacrifice in America’s War for Independence is largely unknown to his countrymen today. Lieutenant Colonel Campbell did not leave behind a detailed diary or a trove of letters from which to remember his life. Campbell’s legacy was his service and ultimately, his sacrifice for the Am...
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    18,38 €

  • He Fell a Cheerful Sacrifice to His Country's Glorious Cause. General William Woodford of Virginia, Revolutionary War Patriot
    Michael Cecere
    When one thinks of the American heroes of the Revolutionary War, the names Washington, Greene, Lee, Morgan, and even Arnold come to mind. Much has been written of these American patriots, and rightly so, but the attention these officers have long received has also obscured the contributions of many, many other patriots of the Revolutionary War. One such person is General Willia...
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    32,67 €

  • Second to No Man but the Commander in Chief
    Michael Cecere
    In [General Mercer’s] Experience and Judgment you may repose great Confidence.— George Washington, July 6, 1776. General George Washington’s positive assessment of Hugh Mercer was based on their nearly twenty year acquaintance and friendship, a relationship that began in the French and Indian War. Both men commanded provincial units; Washington led Virginians and Mercer, Pennsy...
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    22,16 €

  • A Good and Valuable Officer
    Michael Cecere
    Few soldiers contributed more to America’s victory in the Revolutionary War than Daniel Morgan, the rugged rifle commander from Virginia. One of the first to answer the Continental Congress’s call for troops in 1775, Morgan led a company of hardy Virginia riflemen to Boston, marching nearly 600 miles in just three weeks. Within a month of his arrival, Morgan and his riflemen jo...
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    25,22 €

  • A Universal Appearance of War
    Michael Cecere
    'The troops in town are in high spirits, and wish for [another] attack in this quarter; they are all excellent marksmen, and fine, bold fellows... Lord Dunmore may now see he has not cowards to deal with!'Pinkney’s Virginia Gazette26 October, 1775This bold statement, written in response to the outbreak of warfare in Virginia in late October 1775, conveyed both a sense of confid...
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    44,39 €

  • Cast Off the British Yoke
    Michael Cecere
    'Resolved unanimously that [Virginia’s] delegates in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent upon the crown or parliament of Great Britain...' 5th Virginia Convention, May 15, 1776. With this historic vote, His Majesty’s Old Dominion (Virginia) effectively declared its independence from Great Britain...
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    38,88 €

  • Wedded to My Sword
    Michael Cecere
    'I believe few Officers either in America or Europe are held in so high a point of estimation as you are...'--Gen. Nathanael Greene to 'Light Horse' Harry LeeJanuary 27, 1782The sentiment above, expressed by General Nathanael Greene, an officer whose military contributions to American independence are second only to General George Washington, captures the view of most Americans...
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    28,63 €

  • To Hazard Our Own Security
    Michael Cecere / Mike Cecere
    Maine’s role in the American Revolution has traditionally been obscured by the fact that it was part of Massachusetts during the conflict and did not become a state in its own right until 1820. Thousands of men from what is now Maine served in the Revolutionary War, but they did so alongside men from Massachusetts and in units identified as Massachusetts regiments. Together the...
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    33,62 €

  • Captain Thomas Posey and the 7th Virginia Regiment
    Michael Cecere
    The 7th Virginia Regiment was one of six additional battalions raised in the colony in early 1776. It played a prominent role in driving Lord Dunmore and his loyalist forces off of Gwynn's Island and out of Virginia. Captain Thomas Posey commanded a rifle ...
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    18,86 €

  • They Are Indeed a Very Useful Corps, American Riflemen in the Revolutionary War
    Michael Cecere
    The story of America’s riflemen in the Revolutionary War begins with their formation in 1775. First person accounts of their recruitment, long march, and encampment at Boston, introduce readers to the flamboyant and sometimes unruly nature of riflemen. Gr ...
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    23,31 €

  • In This Time of Extreme Danger
    Michael Cecere
    Residents of Northern Virginia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution. Fairfax County native, George Mason drafted Virginia’s first boycott plan in 1769, and later drafted Virginia’s first constitution and bill of rights. Prince William Co ...
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    19,39 €

  • An Officer of Very Extraordinary Merit
    Michael Cecere
    Charles Porterfield was one of many Virginians who helped secure America's independence. He served in Daniel Morgan's rifle company at Boston and Quebec. He commanded a company in Morgan's 11th Virginia Regiment as well as William Maxwell's Light Infantry ...
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    19,27 €

  • They Behaved Like Soldiers
    Michael Cecere
    Captain John Chilton's letters and diary offer insight into the more routine aspects of life in the American army during the Revolutionary War, along with detailed observations of his military experiences, the marches, battles, hardships and frustrations. ...
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    18,97 €

  • Great Things Are Expected from the Virginians
    Michael Cecere
    Great joy was expressed at our arrival and great things [are] expected from the Virginians and of consequence we must go through great fatigue and danger.-Captain John Chilton, Third Virginia RegimentSeptember 13, 1776Harlem Heights, New YorkThese wo ...
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    24,19 €