George Washington Biography & Facts
Quick facts Born: 22 February 1732 at the family Pope Creek Estate (near present-day Colonial Beach, Virgina). George Washington served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797…
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Since then, Edward and other contributors, including esteemed professors and historians, have created an incredibly valuable collection of resources about the American evolution, which we are dedicated to preserving, adding to, and displaying on this website.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Richard S. Walling
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John R. Brumgardt, Ph.D
Former director of the Charleston Museum, esteemed author and early American historian
Dr Robert A. Selig, Ph.D, M.A.
Historical consultant and author of numerous books on the Revolutionary War, with an interest in German-American history
Dr. Edwin S. Gaustad
Esteemed religious historian and published author with a focus on early American history
Jeannette Holland Austin
Historian, researcher and genealogist, specializing in early American genealogy and ancestory
Hugh T. Harrington
Independent historian and researcher, with a focus on military history during the Revolution and Civil War
FEATURED RESOURCES
How Were Native Americans Affected by the Revolution?
Native Americans went through a huge amount of suffering, and a destruction of their culture, as a result of the American Revolution. Many tribes allied with either the Patriots or…
Martha Wilson Biography | Women of the Revolution
One of the representatives of those times, in which America must ever feel pride, is yet living at the Lakelands, Lake of Otsego, near Cooperstown, New York. She not only…
James Thacher’s Journal
Read the journal of James Thacher, a military surgeon during the American Revolution. Chapters
American Colonial Clothing 1775-1800
“ Editor’s note The following is a chapter from a book “Early American Costume” by Edward Warwick and Henry C. Pitz. It illustrates and explains the types of clothing worn…
Organization of the British Army (book, by Edward E. Curtis, Ph.D.)
Learn about the organization of the British Army during the American Revolution, with this book by Edward E. Curtis, Ph.D. Chapters