Emerging Revolutionary War

Join ERW as we discuss the Conway Cabal with award winning historian Dr. Mark Lender, author of Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington. We will discuss details of the "cabal" and the politics that impacted the events around the Battle of Monmouth.

Emerging Revolutionary War is joined by Paul Soltis, historian with the New Jersey State Park Service at the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites. The Wallace House served as George Washington's headquarters during the winter at Middlebrook, New Jersey in 1778-1779. While most Americans have heard of Valley Forge, the winter cantonment at Middlebrook is often overlooked. We discuss the important historic events that occurred there and what visitors to the area can see today.

On June 9, 1772, a group of prominent Rhode Islanders rowed out to His Majesty’s schooner Gaspee, which had run aground six miles south of Providence while on an anti-smuggling patrol. After threatening and shooting its commanding officer, the raiders looted the vessel and burned it to the waterline. An often overlooked event that occurred between the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, we will speak with historian Steven Park, author of the book "The Burning of His Majesty's Schooner Gaspee" about the events that occurred 250 years ago.

We welcome our good friend John Adams of Liberty Cigars. John takes inspiration from the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War figures to create his cigars. We talk about his love of history and how it evolved into a cigar company and some of his upcoming projects.

Next to Fort McHenry, the Battle of New Orleans is the best-known event of the War of 1812. Join historians Kevin Pawlak, Sean Michael Chick, and George Best for a look at the campaign that brought American and British armies to the Crescent City.

On September 8, 1755, two armies clashed along the southern shore of Lake George in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The battle between William Johnson’s force of colonial provincials and Mohawk allies and Baron de Dieskau’s French and Native American army would decide who possessed the lower part of the strategic water highway system that connected New York City with Quebec. Join author and ERW historian Billy Griffith for a discussion about this crucial event in the early stages of the French and Indian War that can be considered one of the first true “American” victories against professional foreign troops.

Join Emerging Revolutionary War historians as we reflect on the two years of "Rev War Revelry" programming and give updates about projects, programs, and tours coming up in the year 2022!

Join us as we talk with ERW historian and author Robert Dunkerly on his new book on the fighting at Birmingham Hill during the Battle of Brandywine. Dunkerkly's book, Decision at Brandywine: The Battle on Birmingham Hill, covers in detail the pivotal fighting at Brandywine on September 11, 1777, one of the largest battles of the American Revolution.

Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes all the way from the Ireland, historian and archaeologist Damian Shiels to talk about the Irish 1798 rebellion, the Battle of Vinegar Hill, and how archaeology has helped define the battlefield.

Emerging Revolutionary War historians Dan Welch and Phillip S. Greenwalt discuss the Convention Army following the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777.