American Revolution Podcast

By Michael Troy

What's American Revolution Podcast about?

American Revolution Podcast explores the events of the American Revolution, from beginning to end. It publishes weekly. Be sure to check out the related blog for access to pictures, maps, and links to more useful information on each week's episode. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com

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American Revolution Podcast episodes:

04.21.2024
ARP308 McDougall Court Martial
British General Henry Clinton finds himself under increasing pressure from his own officers to resign command. General Washington approves an attempt to kidnap King George III's son in New York. Continental General Alexander McDougall faces a court martial. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as...
04.14.2024
ARP307 Congress After Yorktown
The victory at Yorktown leaves the Continental Congress deeper in debt and weaker than ever. States, no longer fearing an imminent British threat, provide little support. Congress appoints secretaries who create a rudimentary executive branch with almost no power. British loyalist attempt to...
04.07.2024
ARP306 War in India
In 1781 and 1782, Britain battles the Kingdom of Mysore, headed by Hyder Ali in southern India. At the same time, Britain takes colonies from France and the Netherlands. French and British Navies fight multiple battles offshore for control of the...
03.31.2024
ARP305 Siege of Menorca
In 1781, A Spanish fleet, backed by the French Navy, takes the island of Menorca in the Mediterranean. The British garrison on the island holds out at Fort St. Phillip until early 1782. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and...
03.24.2024
ARP304 Jacksonborough Assembly
At the beginning of 1782, both South Carolina and Georgia reestablish their state legislatures, primarily focused on the loyalists still in their states. General Sumter retires. John Laurens replaces Light Horse Harry Lee as the Continental Army's head of cavalry in...
03.17.2024
ARP303 John's Island
As 1781 comes to an end, South Carolina militia continue their back and fort attacks. General Greene uses the Continentals to for the British to abandon John's Island, just south of Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links...
03.10.2024
ARP302 Cloud's Creek Massacre
General Alexander Leslie takes Command in Charleston. William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham goes on a rampage across South Carolina. General Nathanael Greene tightens the noose around Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the...
03.03.2024
ARP301 Evacuation of Wilmington
British efforts to hold North Carolina lead to loyalist David Fanning kidnapping the patriot Governor Thomas Burke. New of the British surrender at Yorktown arrives with orders for British Regulars to evacuate to Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures,...
02.25.2024
ARP300 Surrender at Yorktown
Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Day The Revolution Ended: 19 October 1781, By William Hallahan. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Campaign in Virginia, 1781: an exact reprint of six rare...
02.18.2024
ARP299 Siege of Yorktown
The Continental and French Armies lay siege to the British Army at Yorktown. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Yorktown, 1781: A Reassessment, by John D. Granger. Online...
02.11.2024
ARP298 Battle of the Capes
The French Fleet under Admiral De Grasse, and the British Fleet under Admiral Graves battle for control of the waters around Yorktown in September 1781. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of...
02.04.2024
ARP297 March to Yorktown
ARP297 March to Yorktown General Washington and General Rochambeau struggle with logistical problems to get their armies from New York to Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Campaign that...
01.28.2024
ARP296 Eutaw Springs
General Greene leads the Southern Continental Army against the last British Army in South Carolina, outside of Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Eutaw Springs: The Final Battle of...
01.21.2024
ARP295 New London Raid
In September, 1781, Benedict Arnold leads a fleet from New York City to New London, Connecticut. His British forces burn the town and massacre the defenders of Fort Griswold. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to...
01.14.2024
AR-SP24 Washington's Marines with Jason Bohm
I interview Gen. Jason Bohm about his book: Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777 Go to my blog for a full transcript of this episode: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2024/01/ar-sp24-washingtons-marines-with-jason.html Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the...
01.07.2024
ARP294 Dogger Bank
In the summer of 1781, the British and Dutch Navies do battle in the English Channel. Parliament is still confident that it can outlast its enemies. European leaders attempt to get the combatants to negotiate a peace, that may or may not...
12.31.2023
AR-SP23 American Triumph with Tom Hand
Tom Hand, author of An American Triumph, and host Michael Troy discuss the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Hand, Tom An...
12.24.2023
ARP293 Isaac Hayne
In the summer of 1781, the British in South Carolina seek to make an example of a patriot officer who violated his oath of allegiance to the king. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this...
12.17.2023
ARP292 Dog Days Campaign
In late summer 1781, General Greene rests his Continentals after hard months of fighting. General Thomas Sumter, aided by Colonels Francis Marion and Light Horse Harry Lee, attack the British at Quinby's Bridge and Shubrick's Plantation. Marion goes on to another...
12.10.2023
ARP291 New Dorlach and Johnstown
Tory raids from Canada into New York continue as the Continentals are unable to spare any soldiers. At Governor Clinton's request, Continental Colonel Marinus Willett takes command of the New York Militia. Over the summer and fall of 1781, he attacks raiding...
12.03.2023
ARP290 Grand Reconnaissance
General Washington and General Rochambeau meet in Wethersfield in May 1781 to discuss campaign goals for the fighting season. Washington insists on taking back New York City. The two armies meet just north of Manhattan in July to evaluate British defenses and...
11.19.2023
ARP289 Green Spring
In the summer of 1781, after raiding Virginia, General Cornwallis obeys orders from General Clinton to retreat to the coast. General Lafayette, after getting reinforcements under General Anthony Wayne, attacks the British rear near Green Spring, Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as...
11.12.2023
ARP288 Raid on Monticello
After withdrawing from Guilford Courthouse, General Cornwallis moves to Wilmington, NC. Rather than chasing Greene's Continentals back south, the British opt to move north into Virginia. They take Richmond and raid Monticello and Charlottesville. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and...
11.05.2023
ARP287 Fort Ninety-Six
With the main southern British army under General Cornwallis in Virginia, and the next larges outpost at Camden having retreated to Charleston, General Greene targets Fort Ninety-Six in the South Carolina Backcountry. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and...
10.30.2023
ARP286 Sumter's Law
General Thomas Sumter struggles to rebuild an army that can defeat the British in South Carolina and Georgia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Slavery and Freedom in...
10.29.2023
ARP286 Sumter’s Law
General Thomas Sumter struggles to rebuild an army that can defeat the British in South Carolina and Georgia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Slavery and Freedom in...
10.22.2023
ARP285 Hobkirk Hill
In May, 1781, after the British army under General Cornwallis retreats to the coast of North Carolina. General Greene's Continentals, supported by local militia attack British outposts in South Carolina at Fort Watson and Fort Motte, and due battle with the...
10.15.2023
ARP284 Pensacola
In the spring of 1781, the Spanish Army under Bernardo de Gálvez lays siege to the British at Fort George under General John Campbell. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the...
10.08.2023
ARP283 Petersburg
In the spring of 1781, the British deploy a larger army under General William Phillips to Virginia. Phillips and Benedict Arnold move on Petersburg with the intent of entering and occupying Richmond. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links...
10.01.2023
ARP282 Lafayette in Virginia
Following the British raid on Richmond by in early 1781, the Americans target its commander, former American General Benedict Arnold. Washington deploys General Lafayette to check the British in Virginia. Lafayette has trouble getting his army into the state, and gets no...
09.17.2023
ARP281 Ratifying the Articles of Confederation
In the spring of 1781, Congress sets up executive departments, run by secretaries, to help manage the government. It also finally convinces Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation. The British reveal letters from Silas Deane arguing that Congress should give up...
09.10.2023
AR-SP22 John Paul Jones by Shipwrecks and Seadogs
In this special episode we hear from podcaster Rich Napolitano from Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. He discusses the life of John Paul Jones. For more info on the Shipwrecks and Seadogs Podcast, go to https://www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com This podcast, along with the American Revolution Podcast,...
09.03.2023
ARP280 Guilford Courthouse
In March 1781, General Nathanael Greene returns his Continental Army to North Carolina for a showdown with the British under General Charles Cornwallis. The two armies meet on the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and...
08.27.2023
AR-SP21 France and the Revolution, with Grey History
William Clark of the Grey History Podcast, and Michael Troy of the American Revolution Podcast discuss France's role in the American Revolution, and the American response to the French Revolution. To learn more about the Grey History Podcast, go to https://greyhistory.com Learn...
08.20.2023
ARP279 Race to the Dan
In early 1781, the British army under General Cornwallis chases the Continentals under General Greene across North Carolina toward the Dan River and Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of...
08.06.2023
ARP278 Arnold Raids Richmond
In January 1781, now-British General Benedict Arnold sails for Virginia and raids its capital, Richmond. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Invasion of Virginia, 1781, by Michael...
07.30.2023
AR-SP20 Why didn’t Canada Join the Revolution?
This is a sample of the Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast. It looks at why Canada did not join the rest of the British colonies in declaring independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.23.2023
ARP277 Battle of Cowpens
British Colonel Banastre Tarleton chases down General Daniel Morgan's force of Continentals and militia. Tarleton traps the Americans who cannot cross the river at Cowpens, South Carolina. The armies clash in a short but decisive battle. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as...
07.09.2023
ARP276 Mutiny in the Continental Army
On January 1, 1781, the Pennsylvania Line of the Continental Army abandons its officers and begins marching from its winter camp in Morristown New Jersey to Philadelphia to demand release from enlistment. Several weeks later, the New Jersey line does the...
06.25.2023
ARP275 The War Goes Dutch
Despite stretching its military resources in an increasingly difficult war, Britain adds a third European enemy to its targets. In December 1780 Britain declares war on the Dutch Republic. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this...
06.11.2023
ARP274 Greene Takes Command
Major General Nathanael Greene takes command of the southern army in December 1780. General Horatio Gates heads home, leaving a decimated and demoralized army. Greene, supported by Major Generals Von Steuben and Greenwood, along with General Daniel Morgan, divides his forces and...
05.28.2023
ARP273 Fishdam Ford and Blackstock
General Thomas Sumter escapes an attempt to kill him at Fishdam Ford, and captures the British officer sent to take him. Shortly afterward, Sumter defeats the Notorious Colonel Banastre Tarleton and Blackstock's Plantation. We also cover the Lynch Creek Massacre, and skirmishes...
05.14.2023
ARP272 Chasing the Swamp Fox
After the southern Continental Army is wiped out at the battle of Camden in late 1780, local leaders, such as Colonel Francis Marion, keep the war alive in South Carolina with guerilla tactics. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures,...
04.30.2023
ARP271 Advancing on Detroit
Colonel Augustin Mottin de la Balme attempts to rally French-Canadian settlers in an attempt to take control of Detroit. Along the way, he confronts the Miami Indians, led by Chief Little Turtle. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links...
04.16.2023
ARP270 Stone Arabia & Klock’s Field
Loyalist forces continue their campaign of destruction across the Mohawk Valley in the fall of 1780. They defeat an American force Under Colonel John Brown at Stone Arabia, then fight another battle with American militia later that same day at Klock's...
04.02.2023
ARP269 The Ballston Raid
Canada's Governor Frederick Haldimand sends raiding parties into upstate New York in the fall of 1780. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Burning of the Valleys: Daring Raids...
03.26.2023
AR-SP19John Burgoyne, with Norman Poser
I speak with author Norman Poser about his new book: From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Join American Revolution Podcast...
03.19.2023
ARP268 King’s Mountain
The Overmountain Men confront loyalists under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson at King's Mountain. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Kings Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts, by...
03.05.2023
ARP267 Battle of Charlotte
The British under General Cornwallis find advancing into North Carolina much more difficult than expected. General Alexander Leslie tries to provide a distraction in the Chesapeake. Major Patrick Ferguson takes up a position near King's Mountain. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as...
02.26.2023
AR-SP18 Nathanael Greene with Salina Baker
Author Salina Baker is writing a book called The Line of Splendor, a historically-accurate novel about the life of Major General Nathanael Greene. I spoke with Ms. Baker about the life of Nathanael Greene. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures,...

What's American Revolution Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

American Revolution Podcast episodes:

ARP308 McDougall Court Martial

ARP307 Congress After Yorktown

ARP306 War in India

ARP305 Siege of Menorca

ARP304 Jacksonborough Assembly

ARP303 John's Island

ARP302 Cloud's Creek Massacre

ARP301 Evacuation of Wilmington

ARP300 Surrender at Yorktown

ARP299 Siege of Yorktown

ARP298 Battle of the Capes

ARP297 March to Yorktown

ARP296 Eutaw Springs

ARP295 New London Raid

AR-SP24 Washington's Marines with Jason Bohm

ARP294 Dogger Bank

AR-SP23 American Triumph with Tom Hand

ARP293 Isaac Hayne

ARP292 Dog Days Campaign

ARP291 New Dorlach and Johnstown

ARP290 Grand Reconnaissance

ARP289 Green Spring

ARP288 Raid on Monticello

ARP287 Fort Ninety-Six

ARP286 Sumter's Law

ARP286 Sumter’s Law

ARP285 Hobkirk Hill

ARP284 Pensacola

ARP283 Petersburg

ARP282 Lafayette in Virginia

ARP281 Ratifying the Articles of Confederation

AR-SP22 John Paul Jones by Shipwrecks and Seadogs

ARP280 Guilford Courthouse

AR-SP21 France and the Revolution, with Grey History

ARP279 Race to the Dan

ARP278 Arnold Raids Richmond

AR-SP20 Why didn’t Canada Join the Revolution?

ARP277 Battle of Cowpens

ARP276 Mutiny in the Continental Army

ARP275 The War Goes Dutch

ARP274 Greene Takes Command

ARP273 Fishdam Ford and Blackstock

ARP272 Chasing the Swamp Fox

ARP271 Advancing on Detroit

ARP270 Stone Arabia & Klock’s Field

ARP269 The Ballston Raid

AR-SP19John Burgoyne, with Norman Poser

ARP268 King’s Mountain

ARP267 Battle of Charlotte

AR-SP18 Nathanael Greene with Salina Baker