The ‘Virginia Hercules’ was the one-man army of the American Revolution
One day in 1765, a 5-year-old boy wearing fine clothes and speaking no English was found on the docks of City Point, Virginia. No one knew where he came from,…
The United States worst military defeat came at the hands of native tribes
In the earliest days of the American republic, the United States military was as disorganized as the rest of the American government under the Articles of Confederation. When that document…
Oliver Cromwell was the first British ruler to attack the rebellious American colonies
Between 1653 and 1658, The British Empire had no ruling monarch. Instead, it was ruled by Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Cromwell was…
How to command troops as a colonial officer
To become an officer in the Revolutionary War you needed to have brass…courage. The initial fervor against England drove men to enlist in droves to fight against tyranny. The British…
The Boston Tea Party and the ungrateful colonists who started it all
On December 16, 1773 a bunch of rebel colonists from Massachusetts got sassy and decided to defy their one true king. While disguised as Indians, they dumped 342 chests of…
WATCH: History of the New Hampshire Militia and Guard
As a self-defense militia, the New Hampshire National Guard has roots all the way back to 1623. A band of concerned soon-to-be Americans gathered near the mouth of the Piscataqua…