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HST 315: Military History of the United States

American Revolution

 

Technology

  • Muzzle-loading, smoothbore, flintlock musket
  • Bayonet
  • Rifle
  • Muzzle-loading artillery

Strategy & Tactics

  • Linear tactics

 

Campaigns and Commanders

Lexington and Concord, April 1775

"Dual army" tradition: militia & Continental Line

Ticonderoga, May 1775

Bunker Hill, June 1775

Montreal, Nov. 1775

Washington

The Howe brothers

Brooklyn Heights, Aug. 1776

Harlem Heights, Sept. 1776

White Plains, Oct. 1776

Trenton, Dec. 1776

Princeton, Jan. 1777

Brandywine Creek, Sept. 1777

Germantown, Oct. 1777

Gates

Burgoyne

St. Leger

Freeman's Farm, Bemis Heights, Saratoga, Oct. 1777

Monmouth Court House, June 1778

Clinton

Cornwallis

Tarleton

Greene

Morgan

King's Mountain, Oct. 1780

Cowpens, Jan. 1781

Guilford Court House, March 1781

Yorktown, Oct. 1781

Peace of Paris, 1783

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This web site and its pages constitute the syllabus for this course.  A hard copy is available on request.  I reserve the right to make changes as necessary.

Nathanael Greene