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Battle of Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery: A Tactical and Strategic Study

British and Hessians troops storm American redoubt. Care of Fort Montgomery State Historic Site.

By John Pezzola. John formerly served in the United States Army. He received a master’s degree in Military History and Civil War Studies. He presently teaches 7th-grade US history and military history at American Military University. The cannon fire from the fort was terrible, and the grapeshot flew thick and, at times, when it ricocheted …

Midnight Bayonets at Stony Point: “If the Cause Was Worth Fighting For, Men Must Fight.”

No man dare speak. They crept through the woods and marshland, silently lowering themselves into the water, knowing if their musket fell from their shoulder, or they hesitated even a moment, orders demanded they be speared to death. And with still a hundred yards to go before reaching the abattis of sharpened stakes that blocked …