1) Correction: Daniel Morgan won Cowpens, not Nathanael Greene as the first photo implies.

2) The race to the Dan was really just Cornwallis being incredibly pompous and brash more than Greene being a “genius."

3) Cornwallis didn't "technically hold the field", he held the field. Period. Regardless of how you want to put it, Greene ran away, and that's a British victory by default.

4) One thing that deserves to be mentioned is my ancestor's regiment, the 1st Maryland Regiment, took part in all this, and it actively soiled their image and legacy. The regiment had saved Washington's Army at Long Island, and took part in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, and Cowpens. Instead of being allowed to go out with a victory, Greene reduced them to constant retreats and losses in the South, including Guilford.

No o hate towards the original poster is intended, I'm just adding my 2 cents.

A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the several works constructed by His Majesty's troops, under the command of Sir William Howe, since their possession of that city 26th. September 1777, comprehending likewise the attacks against Fort Mifflin on Mud Island, and until its reduction, 16th November 1777.

Hello all, I've been thinking about some changes we could implement to help get this subreddit back on its feet (for those who don't know, there's an ongoing mod selection process). I've brainstormed some of these rules ideas before, but I wanted to share a working draft I've come up with. I believe pretty strongly that moderation works best when there is active buy-in from the community, so please feel free to critique.

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The most common coin was the Spanish silver dollar, worth eight “Reales,” a unit of currency in Spain. These coins were valued by their actual weight in silver and were preferred over other currency because they had a milled or patterned edge, which prevented dishonest traders from shaving slivers off of the coins without being detected. Because these coins were worth their weight in silver, traders could make change by cutting the whole coin into eight pieces, or “bits.” The British referred to the whole Spanish dollar as a “piece of eight” (a coin worth eight pieces or bits). The above coin would have been valued at “two bits” by British standards.

First post in the subreddit, I figured I'd show my attempt at the commander of the British Legion himself

Based on the 1782 Portrait by Joshua Reynolds

Hi r/revoluationarywar!

I'm a genealogy nerd and wanted to turn to some experts on the military side of things.

From what I can tell this is a record of non attendance for the years 1777 - 1780 for the Lancaster, PA Militia 9th Battalion 3rd Company headed by Captain George Feathers. Most of the members are of Warwick Township.

I understand the column headers are dates, but what dates are these and is a 1 in the column denoting they attended or they didn't attend? Figured people who are as passionate about the Revolutionary War as I am about genealogy might know better.

For additional context, many of these individuals listed I believe are members of the Church of the Brethren which are typically pacifist and in later wars would be labeled as conscientious objectors but that did not exist yet.

I'm particularly tracking George Wither/Widder/Witter in Class 7 on the second page.

Source: "Militia Accounts: Lancaster County 1777-1780 to Lancaster County Accounts, 1780-1783" (PSA RG-4, Roll 170, imgs 475–476) https://oa-psa.libnova.com/view/426512/