Boston 1775

Here are a couple of new online resources exploring aspects of the first months of the Revolutionary War in New England. The Longfellow Ho...

As we reach the cusp of the Sestercentennial year of 2025, I’m highlighting some articles I’ve written for the Journal of the American Rev...

Lt. Col. James Abercrombie (1732-1775) led the battalion of British grenadiers, detached from their regiments , at the Battle of Bunker H...

The Journal of the American Revolution has just published an article by me titled “Peter Salem? Salem Poor? Who Killed Major John Pitcairn...

The highest-ranking British officer to be killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill was Lt. Col. James Abercrombie , commander of a special batta...

For the last three days I’ve been tracing the debate within the Revolutionary leadership over whether to enlist black troops in the Contine...

So what’s the right question about the story of Maj. John Pitcairn ’s death in the Battle of Bunker Hill ? I think it’s why so many storie...

As I noted a couple of days ago , the first history of Framingham published after Peter Salem died there said nothing about the town nativ...

Starting in 1826, or more than half a century after the Battle of Bunker Hill , Peter Salem of Framingham and Leicester has been most oft...