1 Feb 1781 Continental Congress decides to create more executive offices to oversee finances, the war, and maritime affairs.

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1 Feb 1780 Charleston, SC. Gen Benjamin Lincoln musters only 3.2K men – not enough to defend the city. But he is talked out of his decision to retreat by Gov John Rutledge & city officials.

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31 Jan 1776 Cambridge, MA New England Indians talk with Gen Washington about supporting Americans in protecting New England. Speeches were made by Sachems, chiefs & warriors of the Caughnawaga, St. Johns & Passamaquoddy tribes of Canada.

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28 Jan 1777 Westchester, NY William Duer, signer of Declaration, pens a letter to Gen Washington vouching for Mr. Sackett, who he sends to discuss various actions to secure Westchester from British control and to help squeeze the British garrison in NYC.

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22 Jan 1781 Morrisania, NY (Bronx) Lt Col William Hull attacks a Loyalist outpost commanded by Lt Col James de Lancey. The rebels withdraw after inflicting 50 casualties and taking 50 prisoners and suffering 18 casualties.

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19 Jan 1770 NYC The first instance of open aggression between opposing forces in America occurred in the Battle of Golden Hill, months before the Boston Massacre. Sons of Liberty fought with regulars and Loyalists after the 4th Liberty Pole was cut down.

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13 Jan 1770 NYC, the British 16th Regiment, tried to blow up the Liberty Pole on the “Fields.” Sons of Liberty reacted with violence & the regulars were delayed but not undaunted in their intent.

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10 Jan 1780 General Charles Lee was dismissed from the army after failing to overturn a court martial and resorting to attacking Washington’s character publicly. He retires to his estate and plays no further role in the war.

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9 Jan 1776 After a long delay, Continental Congress promotes Col Benedict Arnold to brigadier general. The delay in promotion would be one of many grievances he held against the American government.

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8 Jan 1776 Charlestown, MA Maj Thomas Knowlton’s raid disrupts Gen John Burgoyne’s play The Blockade of Boston. Thinking it's part of the show & a satire of the rebels, the audience laughs as Knowlton’s men take several prisoners & burn several buildings.

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6 Jan 1776 Boston MA Gen sir Henry Clinton sails from Boston to rendezvous off the Cape Fear River with a flotilla under Commodore Peter Parker & Gen Charles Cornwallis. The combined fleets/forces would join Loyalists in the Carolinas.

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5 Jan 1776 Portsmouth NH New Hampshire delegates vote to become the first independent state & replace the colonial charter with a new state constitution with a president and bicameral legislature.

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4 Jan 1781 Camp on Pacolet Creek, SC Brig Gen Morgan, commanding the “Flying Army,” wrote Gen Nathanael Greene on the state of his campsite, local militia, the poor state of supplies & reconnaissance efforts & the overall poor military situation.

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4 Jan 1781 Princeton NJ Gen Marquis de Lafayette, Gen Arthur St Clair, and Col John Laurens try to parley with Penn. Line mutineers but fail to get them to disarm.

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23 Dec 1776 Thomas Paine's The American Crisis is read to the Continental Army. The pamphlet inspired the army and the nation when it was at its lowest point following the British blitz across Jersey. "THESE are the times that try men's souls.”

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17 Dec 1760 Plympton, MA. Deborah Sampson was born. She served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War & is one of several women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war.

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14 Dec 1775 Continental Congress mandates a 13-seat marine committee, with 1 member from each colony, to purchase and equip all warships authorized by the Naval Committee.

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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.

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