# history amrev

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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19 Jul 1779 Minisink, NY Hoping to divert American forces under Gen James Clinton from attacking the Six Nations Territory, Chief Joseph Brant’s force of Loyalists & Mohawks stage a diversionary attack on the settlement & gather food & booty.

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18 Jul 1778 Andrustown, NY Chief Joseph Brant’s Mohawks attack & burn the settlement – massacring some of the inhabitants.

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15-16 July 1779 The British stronghold, Little Gibraltar, falls when Continental Army’s Light Infantry led by Gen Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point in a bold bayonet attack. British suffer over 130 casualties & 500 captured vs less than 100 casualties.

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Other British went to FL. Wright was a successful governor but the loss at Yorktown left the British cause little hope.

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8 Jul 1777 NYC Gen William Howe’s army begins embarking on board the British fleet for a long voyage to the Chesapeake Bay. This will seal Gen John Burgoyne’s fate even as his army is moving triumphantly south from Canada.

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26 June 1777 after succeeding in drawing Washington out of Middlebrook, NJ by luring him toward New Brunswick, Gen William Howe marched out of Perth Amboy & attempted to cut the Americans off from their defensive stronghold.

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21 Jun 1775 Nathanael Greene is appointed Brigadier General of Rhode Island’s forces.

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20 Jun 1779 at Stono Ferry, SC. Gen Benjamin Lincoln leads 1400 men across the Ashley River & attacks the British rear guard under Lt Col John Maitland. Strong defenses and firm resistance drive back the rebels with over 300 casualties vs some 125 British.

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20 Jun 1776 New York. Col Rufus Putnam directs the construction of a fort at the northern tip of the Island of New York (Manhattan). Ft Washington rose over 200 feet above the North (Hudson) River but had many deficiencies.

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19 Jun 1778 Philadelphia, PA Gen Benedict Arnold rides into the city & takes command as military governor of the capital. But he soon becomes distracted from his duties by the beautiful young daughter of a prominent Loyalist, Margaret “Peggy” Shippen.

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19 Jun 1775. Former British officer & Virginia planter Charles Lee was informed of his appointment as second Major General to be third in command of the Continental Congress. He would prove capable but extremely controversial.

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18 Jun 1781 Fort Ninety-Six. NC. With the 3rd parallel finished, Gen Nathanael Greene sent his troops in a direct assault on the British at Ft Holmes & the star redoubt. After initial success, the rebels are repulsed by a Loyalist sortie.

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14 Jun 1775 Boston, MA. British Gen’s Howe, Burgoyne & Clinton pressured Gen Thomas Gage to push British forces onto Dorchester Hts & Roxbury to provide room for the garrison & to stage an offensive against the rebels at Cambridge.

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