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.
13 Dec 1776 Basking Ridge, NJ. Gen Charles Lee overnights at White’s Tavern. Loyalists inform the British, who dispatch a troop of 16th Light Dragoons led by Col Harcourt & Capt. Tarleton, who seize the former British officer after a short scuffle. #RevWar#History#AmRev
12 Dec 1776, Congress authorized establishing the 2nd Light Dragoons regiment under Col.Elisha Sheldon, establishing the American mounted arm. The 2nd Continental Light Dragoons would host Washington's intelligence arm under Captain Benjamin Tallmadge. #RevWar#History#AmRev
10 Dec 1777 Masons Ford, PA. Gen Charles Cornwallis’s forces conduct a successful raid on Gulph’s Mill, seizing 2,000 sheep & cattle. #RevWar#History#AmRev
7 Dec 1777 Whitemarsh, PA. Gen Howe tries to turn the rebel left flank at Abington & Edge Hill. Washington counters with Col Daniel Morgan's rifle corps & militia. Skirmishing continues all day, but Howe risks no full-scale battle. #RevWar#History#AmRev
27 Nov 1773 Tea ship Dartmouth, 1st of 3 ships to be involved in the Boston Tea Party, reached Boston but Sons of Liberty prevented its unloading. By law, if the tea was not unloaded within 20 days, it would be seized and sold to pay customs duties. #RevWar#History#AmRev
20 Nov 1775. Ninety-Six, SC. The exchange of fire picked back up as the light grew. The Loyalists attempted to create a smokescreen by burning the field surrounding the fort, but the ground was too wet. As night fell, the majority of the firing died down. #RevWar#History#AmRev