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Award-winning author of historical fiction with a dash of sci-fi. My blog, Yankee Doodle Spies, profiles the people, places & things of the Revolutionary War.
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Yankee Doodle Spies: Loyal to a Fault? https://t.co/n3oJMyGeVq

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2022-05-17

16 May 1777 Internecine strife in Georgia leads to a duel & British-born signer of the Declaration, Button Gwinnett, is wounded by Whig Lachlan McIntosh. Days later, Gwinnett died from the gangrenous wound. McIntosh was also shot in the duel but lived.

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2022-05-17

Yankee Doodle Spies: Mister Smith fights for Washington https://t.co/myA83HIy9b

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2022-05-15

13 May 1781 Petersburg, VA. British Gen William Phillips dies suddenly of typhoid fever, forcing Gen Benedict Arnold to assume command of British forces in Virginia.

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2022-05-13

12 May 1780 Charleston, SC. American Gen Benjamin Lincoln’s unconditional surrender, giving up over 3K men, 6K muskets & 400 guns to British Gen Henry Clinton, is the greatest US disaster of Frigates Boston, Providence & Ranger captured too.

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2022-05-13

11 May 1781 Orangeburg, SC. Some 85 British & Loyalists surrender to Gen Thomas Sumter.

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2022-05-12

11 May 1776 NYC. In a letter to the president of Congress, Gen George Washington recommended raising companies of German-Americans to use against the German mercenaries hired by Britain. & engender a spirit of disaffection among Britain's paid soldiers.

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2022-05-12

7 May 1780 Charleston, SC. Ft Moultrie surrendered to British forces with 200 men marched into captivity. The next morning Sullivan Island will be occupied, leaving the city exposed to a naval attack.

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2022-05-08

7 May 1777 To bolster the defense of the Delaware, several men in Capt. Jonathan Clark’s company 8th VA transferred to service on “row gallies,” large rowboats, each with a cannon mounted in the front. Oars made them more maneuverable than British ships.

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2022-05-07