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Episode 136 Franklin in Paris
Episode 136
Benjamin Franklin travels to France to join the American Delegation. He arrives in December 1776 and immediately gains pop star status with the Frenc…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 135 The Danbury Raid
Episode 135
An army of regulars led by New York Governor and General William Tryon, raid an American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut. American resistance le…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 134 The Battle of Bound Brook
Episode 134
A large British force attacks General Lincoln at Bound Brook New Jersey. Lord Cornwallis hopes to capture the relatively isolated Continental force t…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 133 The Peekskill Raid
Episode 133
The British in New York City send a raiding party up the Hudson River to attack an American supply depot. After two days of fighting, the Americans d…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 132 Britain Adjusts its War Plans
Episode 132
Over the fall and winter of 1776-1777, General Howe proposes his strategic plans to officials in London. Those officials deny most of Howe's requests…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 131 Congress - Baltimore Edition
Episode 131
Fearing an imminent British invasion of Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adjourns in December 1776 with a resolution to meet a week later in Ba…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 130 Fort McIntosh, Georgia
Episode 130
Loyalists in Florida with the aide of Seminole Warriors, raid the Georgia borders in an attempt to roll back patriot control. Meanwhile Button Gwinne…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 129 Prisoners of War
Episode 129
Thousands of American Prisoners suffer and die in New York City prisons and prison ships during the Revolutionary War.
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6 years, 6 months ago
Episode 128 Fort Independence
Episode 128
Continental forces under General Heath attempt to recapture Fort Independence, just north of New York City in January 1777. The Hessian Garrison forc…
6 years, 6 months ago
Episode 127 The Forage War
Episode 127
Following the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey militia keep the British Army hunkered down in a couple of North Jersey cities near New York. Their eff…
6 years, 6 months ago