The Urge to Enlist: Why Connecticut Natives and Whites Fought Side by Side

by Andy King Native Americans enlisted in both Patriot and Loyalist military forces during the American Revolution, and there were many complicated reasons they did so. Connecticut Indigenous groups included the Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Read More …

Deserter Ads, People of Color, and Racial Descriptions at the Redding Encampment

The Featured Image above depicts the harsh conditions soldiers endured at a Winter Encampment. Photo Credit: John Grafton, The American Revolution A Picture Sourcebook (Dover Publications, Inc: New York,1975), 77. Author: Dana J. Meyer The Read More …