The forfeiture of the New Jersey granary further stressed British logistics, devolving into what was termed the Forage War. (DeAgostini/Getty Images) After the American victory over the British on Jan ...

Historian Sandra Momyer, the retired executive director and archivist at Historic Yellow Springs, sits among the ruins of an America's first military hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Delco to Chesco and ...

On August 29, 1776, at a time when the very fabric of American liberty faced its darkest hour, an unlikely band of Soldiers, trained in the art and science of oarsmanship, crafted what was, and is, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: British General Charles Cornwallis ordered the burning of a Continental Army barracks in Colonial Williamsburg in 1781. What he hoped to destroy ...

Deep in the pine forests of South Carolina, the trees stretch endlessly across the horizon. To the untrained eye, it's just another patch of wilderness. But beneath the sandy soil of Camden lies ...

An illustration depicting Gen. George Washington directing the retreat of the Continental Army across the East River, Aug. 29, 1776. (Interim Archives/Getty Images) It was a miracle of deliverance.

On December 26, 1776, the full might of General George Washington’s Continental Army was revealed along the frozen riverbanks of Pennsylvania when the Patriots triumphed at the Battle of Trenton—one ...

NORFOLK, Va. — In August 1776, only weeks after the Declaration of Independence was signed, the American cause was already in danger. British forces launched a massive assault on New York during the ...