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ARP273 Fishdam Ford and Blackstock
General Thomas Sumter escapes an attempt to kill him at Fishdam Ford, and captures the British officer sent to take him. Shortly afterward, Sumter defeats the Notorious Colonel Banastre Tarleton and Blackstock's Plantation.
We also cover the Lynch Creek Massacre, and skirmishes at Rugeley's Mill and Halfway Swamp as the Americans keep the fight alive in South Carolina.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter, by Robert Bass
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Partisan War: the South Carolina Campaign of 1780-1782, by Russell Weigley: https://archive.org/details/partisanwarsouth0000unse
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5/28/2023
30:07
ARP272 Chasing the Swamp Fox
After the southern Continental Army is wiped out at the battle of Camden in late 1780, local leaders, such as Colonel Francis Marion, keep the war alive in South Carolina with guerilla tactics.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion, by Robert D. Bass.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Disney's Swamp Fox: https://youtu.be/-SBPnw5riLM
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5/14/2023
31:19
ARP271 Advancing on Detroit
Colonel Augustin Mottin de la Balme attempts to rally French-Canadian settlers in an attempt to take control of Detroit. Along the way, he confronts the Miami Indians, led by Chief Little Turtle.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Life and Times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the Wabash, by Harvey L. Carter.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Little Turtle: 1752-1812: https://archive.org/details/chieflittleturtle1960
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4/30/2023
30:33
ARP270 Stone Arabia & Klock’s Field
Loyalist forces continue their campaign of destruction across the Mohawk Valley in the fall of 1780. They defeat an American force Under Colonel John Brown at Stone Arabia, then fight another battle with American militia later that same day at Klock's Field. Following the battles, they continue their withdrawal back to Canada.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Enemy Harassed: Washington's New Jersey Campaign of 1777, by Jim Stempel
Online Recommendation of the Week: Warfare in the Mohawk Valley ; Transcribed from the Pennsylvania Gazette 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783 https://archive.org/details/warfareinmohawkv00efne
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4/16/2023
30:04
AR269 The Ballston Raid
Canada's Governor Frederick Haldimand sends raiding parties into upstate New York in the fall of 1780.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Burning of the Valleys: Daring Raids from Canada Against the New York Frontier in the Fall of 1780, by Gavin K. Watt
Online Recommendation of the Week: Sir Frederick Haldimand, by Jean N. Mcilwraith: https://archive.org/details/sirfrederickhald017482mbp
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