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Rifleman

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French Soldier

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Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger circa 1781

• This watercolor reflects the varied nature of the Patriot forces. De Verger depicts, from left to right, a black soldier of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, a New England militiaman, a frontier rifleman, and an artilleryman.

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Artillery

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Molly Pitcher

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Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

• Joseph Plumb Martin, a soldier from Connecticut, was witness to Mary Ludwig Hay’s valiant actions, and wrote this of her in his war memoir, “While in the act of reaching for a cartridge, a cannon shot from the enemy passed directly between her legs without doing any other damage than carrying away all the lower part of her petticoat. Looking at it with apparent unconcern, she observed that it was lucky it did not pass a little higher, for in that case it might have carried away something else."

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James Lafayette Armistead

• A slave in Virginia, Armistead sought and received permission from his master, William Armistead, to enlist under General Marquis de Lafayette, a French officer who joined Washington's army during the Revolutionary War.Lafayette was seeking men to spy on British general Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown.

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Valley Forge

• Friedrich Wilhelm

von Steuben

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• The War for Independence  – Phase III, 1778-1781: The South

• Britain’s Southern

Strategy

The American Revolution 

The Revolution in the South, 1778-1781

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George Rogers Clark

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• The War for Independence  – The Final Phase: The South

• Britain’s Southern Strategy• “Revolutionary” Conflict in the South• Henry Clinton• Charles Cornwallis• King’s Mountain• Nathaniel Green• Dan Morgan

The American Revolution 

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• The War for Independence  – The Final Phase: The South

• Britain’s Southern Strategy• “Revolutionary” Conflict in the South• Guilford Court House

The American Revolution 

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• The War for Independence  – The Final Phase: The South

• Britain’s Southern Strategy• “Revolutionary” Conflict in the South• Guilford Court House• Yorktown

The American Revolution