In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...
After a British attack on Danbury, Connecticut, Washington wrote the loss of supplies was trivial compared to the resistance by local militias.
Though Charleston sits more than 500 miles from the political epicenter of Washington, D.C., it is no stranger to the ...
On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...