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10 Sep 1750, Nicholas Biddle is born in Phila. He served in the Royal Navy and as a merchant seaman before the In 1775, Congress appointed him a captain & Biddle commanded several ships.

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2022-09-10

3 Sep 1779, American Capt John Paul Jones sailed along the coast of Britain intent on raiding Leith, Edinburgh & Newcastle-on-Tyne. His actual damage would be modest, but the morale effect on the populace was considerable.

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2022-09-04

24 Aug 1776, American Gen Charles Lee informs Congress that Georgia was more valuable than suspected with natural resources & proximity to the West Indies, it must be out of enemy hands. Lee recommends the Continental Army send additional reinforcements.

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2022-08-25

23 Aug 1777 Fort Stanwix, NY Native allies under Lt Col Barry St Leger panic on news of Benedict Arnold’s relief column. The British abandon the siege & their camp & equipment in a flight west.

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2022-08-24

20 Aug 1776. Long Island, NY. American Gen Nathanael Greene comes down with a fever and is replaced as commander of the forward-deployed Continentals by the fiery Gen John Sullivan, who will soon face a British onslaught.

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2022-08-20

18 Aug 1780 Fishing Creek, SC. Col Banastre Tarleton &350 Loyalists surprise a Patriot force under Gen Thomas Sumter, 40 miles from Camden, killing 150, wounding & capturing 300, & freeing 100 British prisoners. Loyalists lost just 16 killed.

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2022-08-19

14 Aug 1775 Ft Ticonderoga, NY Maj John Brown returns from a mission to Canada & reports that the French settlers & Indians are neutral & that St Johns has a small garrison of 300 men. Gen Phillip Schuyler judges the province ripe for invasion.

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2022-08-15

13 Aug 1779 Penobscot, MA. A British fleet, under Sir George Collier, sails into Penobscot Bay but Commodore Dudley Saltonstall flees upriver & burns/scuttles his ships. Over 3 days, the Patriots will lose 43 ships & suffer almost 500 casualties.

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2022-08-14

12 Aug 1777 General Orders issued by Gen Washington approved 50 lashes for a soldier found drunk on duty. Luckily, he was acquitted of allowing a prisoner to escape. 50 lashes were often a death sentence.

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2022-08-13

12 Aug 1776 Oconee Co, SC A Patriot expedition under Maj Andrew Williamson defeats a large Cherokee war party near the village of Tamasee. After their victory, the Patriots burned the town.

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2022-08-12

11 Aug 1778 Paramus, NJ At the court-martial, Gen Charles Lee is convicted of insubordination & suspended from the Continental Army for one year.

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2022-08-12

Another review posted to Amazon and Goodreads: Adorable rhyming story about sharing. Energetic art by adds to the fun. Definitely a read-it-again book.

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2022-08-11

8 Aug 1775 Cambridge, MA. Daniel Morgan & his Virginia riflemen arrive in hunting shirts & leggings, Morgan's men initially seemed strange to the militia & fights broke out. The riflemen soon gained a fierce reputation however as "Morgan's Sharpshooters.”

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2022-08-09

7 Aug 1742, Warwick, RI. Nathanael Greene was born. Arguably Gen Washington's most competent & dependable officer he served as a general for all eight years of the war, as a division commander, Quartermaster general & Commander of the Southern Department.

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2022-08-07

6 Aug 1780, Benedict Arnold wrote to Gen Washington of the conditions at West Point, a command he would soon seek to hand over to the British. He complained of the quality of the troops and their condition, fearing desertion.

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2022-08-07

6 Aug 1777 Oriskany NY, A relief force of Patriot militia and Oneida allies marching on Ft Stanwix is ambushed by Loyalist & 6 Nations Iroquois Indian allies. Close to 1/2 of the patriots were killed, Gen Nicholas Herkimer is mortally wounded.

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2022-08-07

3 Aug 1780 Head-Quarters, Peekskill General Washington appointed General Arnold to take command of the fortifications at West Point, New York. What could go wrong?

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2022-08-04

25 Jul 1775 Cambridge, MA The first of the Pennsylvania Rifle companies under Capt Michael Doudel of York, PA arrives. The rifle companies were the 1st Continental Army units authorized by Congress & would play an important role in future engagements.

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2022-07-26

22 July 1775 Cambridge, MA Gen Washington organized his army into three divisions under Gens Charles Lee, Artemus Ward, and Israel Putnam.

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2022-07-23