CONTENTS

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Preface

Revolutionary War Timeline

Martyrs of a Massacre or Victims of a Propaganda Ploy?

Before Lexington and Concord: The Real First Shots

Turning an Insult Against the Insulter

How Well Could the Minutemen Shoot?

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword

It Took a Good Snow

July 4th, 1776—What Really Happened?

The Lowly Palmetto Defeats the Royal Oak

Patriot? Traitor? Inconsistent?: The Strange Case of Charles Lee

The Reluctant Author

The Patriotic Political Parson

A Little-Known Signer

Another Midnight Ride

Blue Coat or Red?

Legendary Long Rifles

David Bushnell’s Curious Turtle

What Washington Really Said While Crossing the Delaware

The Posthumous Prisoner of War

The Loyal Leg

“I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight” or Words to that Effect

Cussin’ in German Does No Good

Nimham’s Indian Company

Gateway to Hell

Delaware Daredevil

A Little Stroll

Sharks in the Harbor

The Georgia War Woman

The Meanest Man in America

The Old Wagon Driver

I Can Fire a Cannon at It if I Want—It’s My House

The Battle of the Bluffs

Roman Legionnaires Aid the Patriots

Worms Won the War for the Patriots

Bibliography

About the Author