Revolutionary War Journal

During the first eighteen months of the war, there was no regular cavalry; mainly spotty state militia horse.

General William Lee Davidson, though rarely heralded, was one of America’s most outstanding military leaders of the American Revolution.

The Battle of Cowan’s Ford, February 1, 1781, was a delaying action to counter the British army under General Lord Charles Cornwallis from crossing the flooded Catawba River.

The road to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781, was a two and a half year journey strewn by violence and death that dwarfed all other theatres of the war.

Money and politics played a significant role in the selection of major commanders to lead the colonial rebellion.

Scottish immigrant and Law Professor, Judge James Wilson (Sept. 14, 1742 – Aug. 21, 1798), was one of America’s most influential founders who helped shape the Declaration of Independence and the U.

Battle of Rugeley’s Mill, South Carolina, November 30, 1780, not December 4th,[1] was a battle in name only.

From January 19 – February 15, 1781, a dramatic race of courage, determination, and endurance played out over a 250 mile stretch of South and North Carolina to the Dan River, just over the border of Virginia.

The Siege of Fort Ninety-Six, May 22 – June 19, 1781, was part of American Southern Continental Army Commander Major General Nathaniel Greene’s continuous pressure to regain the Carolinas from the British.

Major General Joseph Spencer (October 3, 1714 – January 13, 1789) was a good officer.