This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...

is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with distinction in the French and Indian War, Washington is appointed as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army ...

After successfully driving the British out of Boston, General George Washington had marched his army to New York, hoping to prevent the British from capturing the city. In the invasion ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington never ... the attention of Continental Army Commander Washington during the retreat from New York.

Army History, No. 117 (Fall 2020), pp. 6-27 (22 pages) Benjamin H. Newcomb, “Washington’s Generals and the Decision to Quarter at Valley Forge,” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 117, no.

5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with ...