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The year’s best articles from the leading on-line source of new research on the Revolution and Founding erasThe Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2025, presents the journal’s best historical research and writing over the past calendar year. The volume of thirty-five articles is designed for institutions, scholars, and enthusiasts to provide a convenient overview of the latest research and scholarship in American Revolution and Founding Era studies.

Advisor for Ken Burns The American Revolution on PBS®Winner of the 2020 American Revolution Roundtable of Philadelphia Book of the YearRedcoats. For Americans, the word brings to mind the occupying army that attempted to crush the Revolutionary War. There was more to these soldiers than their red uniforms, but the individuals who formed the ranks are seldom described in any detail in historical literature, leaving unanswered questions. Who were these men? Why did they join the army? Where did they go when the war was over?In Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution, Don N. Hagist brings life to these soldiers, describing the training, experiences, and outcomes of British soldiers who fought during the Revolution. Drawing on thousands of military records and other primary sources in British, American, and Canadian archives, and the writings of dozens of officers and soldiers, Noble Volunteers shows how a peacetime army responded to the onset of war, how professional soldiers adapted quickly and effectively to become tactically dominant, and what became of the thousands of career soldiers once the war was over. In this historical tour de force, introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson, Hagist dispels long-held myths, revealing how remarkably diverse British soldiers were. They represented a variety of ages, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and many had joined the army as a peacetime career, only to find themselves fighting a war on another continent in often brutal conditions. Against the sweeping backdrop of the war, Hagist directs his focus on the small picture, illuminating the moments in an individual soldier’s life—those hours spent nursing a fever while standing sentry in the bitter cold, or writing a letter to a wife back home. What emerges from these vignettes is the understanding that while these were “common” soldiers, each soldier was completely unique, for, as Hagist writes, “There was no ‘typical’ British soldier.”

The year’s best articles from the leading on-line source of new research on the Revolution and Founding erasThe Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2026, presents the journal’s best historical research and writing over the past calendar year. The volume of thirty-eight articles is designed for institutions, scholars, and enthusiasts to provide a convenient overview of the latest research and scholarship in American Revolution and Founding Era studies.Contents1778 Naval Strategy: French Actors and British Reactors by Bob RuppertA Granddaughter’s Grief: Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and George Washington by Elizabeth ReeseAgrippa Hull: A Revolutionary Story by Talya LeodariAlexander Thompson and Declaring Peace in the Borderlands of Western New York, 1783 by G. Patrick O’BrienColonel Michael Kovats: The Hungarian Co-founder of the American Cavalry by Zoltán Pintér and Anna Smith LaceyCruel Bedlam: Bankruptcies and the Break with Britain by Robert E. WrightCulper Spy Austin Roe . . . the Joiner? by Mark SternbergGeorge Washington and Thomas Paine: Friendship in a Revolutionary Age by Jett ConnerGeorge Washington as Parent by Chaim M. Rosenberg“In the Cause of American Liberty:” Catholic Contributions to Independence by Raphael CorlettaInsolvent Brothers: The Generals Ethan and Ira Allen by Gary ShattuckJames Easton vs. Benedict Arnold: Anatomy of a Feud by Paul B. ElmoreJefferson and Madison Letters: Should a Constitution Last Forever? by Jett ConnerLord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment by Andrew LawlerMercy Scollay’s Quest for Custody of Joseph Warren’s Children by Janet UhlarMorgan’s Victory at the Cowpens: Brilliant Tactics or Fortunate Volley? by Conner Runyan and C. Leon HarrisOn Parole: A Story of Honor, Suffering, and Friendship in the American Revolution by Greg Aaron“One Great People”: John Fenno’s Public Crusade for an American National Identity by Shawn David McGheeQuotes About or By Native Americans, 1751 to 1793 by Victor J. DiSantoRhode Island Soldiers of Color at Red Bank, Monmouth, and Valley Forge by Christian McBurneyRichard Varick in History and Memory: Colonial Lawyer, Continental Officer, Mayor of New York City by Keith MuchowskiSamuel Mason: Revolutionary Turncoat or Opportunistic Pirate? by Carter F. SmithSnapping the Lilliputian Cords: The Founders and Gulliver’s Travels by Brett BannorTarleton at the Waxhaws: A Proposal for Reconciliation by Robert FordThat Audacious Paper: Jonathan Lind and Thomas Hutchinson Answer the Declaration of Independence by David OtersenThe 1779 Invasion of Iroquoia: Scorched Earth as Described by Continental Soldiers by Victor J. DiSantoThe Complicated History of David Fanning’s Murderous 1782 Bloody Sabbath Raid by Josh Wheeler“The Good Old Republican Cause”: Philip Freneau’s Principled Stand against the Shadow of Monarchy by Shawn David McGheeThe Green Mountain Insurgency: New York’s Rebellion Against the Crown by Robert J. WalworthThe Loyalist Who Gave Birth to His Nightmare by Richard Briles MoriartyThe Mutiny of 1783: America’s Only Successful Insurrection by Andrew A. Zellers-FrederickThe Plot to Partition America by Richard J. WertherThe Retreat of Popular Sovereignty by David OtersenThe Short War of James Wilcox, 33rd Regiment of Foot by Don N. HagistThose Deceitful Sages: Pope Pius VI, Rome, and the American Revolution by Brady J. CrytzerThunderstruck: The Treaty of Paris Reaches the Frontier by Joshua ShepherdTrojan Horse on the Water: The 1782 Attack on Beaufort, North Carolina by Josh WheelerUnraveling the Mystery of George Washington’s Earliest Teacher by Richard Gardiner