Jeffrey A. Denman

The situation in Charleston was worrisome. Washington could see British movements eroding any defenses the Americans could muster. Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens confirmed that the British were going to “attack Charles Town by a siege in form” and that in order to complete the investiture of the city, “he must introduce his Ships of war into the harbor.” The Americans could not contest the British entry into the harbor, so it meant “a great diminution of our means of defense

Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the most understated names of the American Revolution, came to mind today as I was thinking about some of the...

History is always messy, even with larger-than-life figures such as Nathanael Greene. As my co-author John and I researched this book, we...