Dispute between a naval lieutenant and a future Revolutionary War hero may have sparked the historic burning of a British warship in Warwick in 1772.

Harry Washington ... ranks of the British troops. But the tide of war was not going in Britain’s favor, which portended danger to those who had sought freedom behind its army’s lines.

Thus George Washington, at age 16 ... As general, he figured out how to fight the British starting with no army at all. As President, Washington managed to get the best out of men as opposed ...

George Washington authorized Brig ... In March 1776, the Continental Army emplaced the guns overlooking the city, which made the British position untenable, forcing their evacuation.

Thomas Gage, the commander in chief of British forces in North America ... the commander in chief of the Continental Army, June 15, 1775. George Washington's commission as general and commander ...

aboard the HMS Prince George; he was the first member of the British royal family to set foot in the American colonies. Continental Army spies soon discovered that only a light security detail ...

George Washington logged his journeys in letters ... Howe set up two brigades. The British army had a total of 9,000 men. Washington’s army consisted of 8,000 Continentals and 3,000 militiamen.

The British army and navy, in a stunning display of global force projection and military logistics, invaded Brooklyn by sea and launched the defeat of George Washington's army in New York City on ...

George Washington’s Continental Army, having suffered a series of major setbacks in ... These troops were fighting on the British side, sent to America by their greedy monarchs. The victory over these ...

George Washington was commanding the ... Event very Alarming to the Country” — a British victory in Danbury, Connecticut. Continental Army supplies and equipment had been burned, Holden ...

It was clear from the start of the war that no man was better equipped to handle the challenges of leading the Continental Army against the British than George Washington. “One of the subtitles ...

George Washington Birthplace National Monument is launching the summer with “Washington’s Call to Command,” a two-day event commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and honoring George ...