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The First Battle of Ninety Six: The South's First Revolutionary Battle
In November 1775, the American Revolution violently arrived in the South Carolina backcountry. The First Battle of Ninety Six wasn't fought by British regulars, but by...
The Burning of Falmouth: The Fire That Forged the Declaration of Independence
In October 1775, the Royal Navy unleashed a firestorm on the colonial seaport of Falmouth, Massachusetts (modern-day Portland, Maine). What started as a punitive bomba...
The 1775 Invasion of Canada: The Siege of Fort St. Jean
The water of the Richelieu River ran black and freezing in the autumn of 1775. Here, in the dense, mosquito-infested swamp lands of the Canadian wilderness, the first ...
How 1,200 Farmers Bled an Empire: The Battle of Bunker Hill
On the night of June 16, 1775, 1,200 colonial militiamen raced against the dawn to build a massive earthen redoubt on a 75-foot hill overlooking Boston. Their goal? To...
The Battle of Chelsea Creek: How a Raid for Supplies Became a Naval Triumph
In May 1775, a simple raid for livestock accidentally sparked the first British naval defeat of the American Revolution. Six weeks after Lexington and Concord, British...
