On this day in 1776, General George Washington notifies his troops of a new policy regarding chaplains’ pay. He’d set out to get better...

On this day in 1777, Major General William Heath retreats from Fort Independence. His decision ends a failed mission to harass and...

On this day in 1776, Americans rebuff British forces who are raiding Prudence Island, in the colony of Rhode Island. The British wanted...

On this day in 1750, Enoch Crosby is born in Massachusetts. Crosby would go on to be a Patriot soldier, then a spy, during the American...

On this day in 1775, Washington issues a stern rebuke to his soldiers. They were planning to celebrate an anti-Catholic holiday known as...

On this day in 1780, the Royalton Raid takes place in present-day Vermont. The raid was conducted by just under 300 Indians operating...

On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress reconvenes in York, Pennsylvania. Members of Congress had fled Philadelphia mere days...

On this day in 1780, the Battle of Charlotte is fought. Americans were badly outnumbered, but that didn’t stop them from putting up a...

On this day in 1780, Americans suffer a demoralizing defeat at the Battle of Camden. One brave officer died a heroic death! Another fled...

On this day in 1777, the little-known Battle of the Flockey takes place in New York’s Schoharie Valley. The battle ended with Loyalists...

On this day in 1779, Fort Freeland falls to British and Indian forces. But it did so only after a show of “stout resistance”! The stories...

On this day in 1777, a group of retreating Americans arrives at Fort Edward. The prior two days had been tough! They’d fought multiple...

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress approves the so-called Olive Branch petition. This action occurred one short year before...