The American Revolution

The Shot Heard 'Round The World, a view into The American Revolutionary War 1775-1783.

Extra and Additional Continental Regiments

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/extra-and-additional-continental-regiments 31st Jul 2021 - Unique and created to support The American War Effort of The Revolutionary War (1775-1873), The Extra and Additional Continental Regiments were Milita …

Fort Stanwix

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/fort-stanwix 31st Jul 2021 - Located in Upstate New York (US) – near The City of Rome, Fort Stanwix was built in 1758 by The British Army, during The French and Indian Wars …

German Battalion

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-battalion 31st Jul 2021 - The so-named ''German Battalion'' was a Military Formation raised in support of The American Revolution, in 1776. The Regiment was composed of German …

Nancy Hart

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/nancy-hart 31st Jul 2021 - Nancy Hart was as much Legend as fact. She fits firmly in place along the likes of Molly Pitcher and Betsy Ross as a Heroine of The American Revolutio …

USS ''Lexington'' Flag

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/uss-lexington-flag 31st Jul 2021 - The ''Lexington'' was a Brigantine-Class Warship, purchased by the young American Navy in 1776. She took several ''Prizes'' in Her short career until …

American Newburyport Militia Flag

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/american-newburyport-militia-flag 31st Jul 2021 - Raised in Massachusetts in 1775, the Coastal Town of Newburyport Militia would be sent to The Continental Army under Washington, to support The Americ …

British New York Volunteer Regiment

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-new-york-volunteer-regiment 31st Jul 2021 - A part of Great Britain's ''American Establishment'' (a formed Military contingent of American Loyalists raised to fight against those Colonists then …

''Bucks of America'' Militia

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/bucks-of-america-militia 31st Jul 2021 - Very little is known about The American Colonial Military Unit known as The ''Bucks of America''. Few contemporary documentation survives, but those t …

American 1st Maryland Regiment

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/american-1st-maryland-regiment 31st Jul 2021 - Formed in support of America's War for Independence from Great Britain, The 1st Maryland Regiment was an Infantry formation. Although (3) Companies (7 …

Edenton ''Tea Party''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/edenton-tea-party 31st Jul 2021 - Inspired by The Boston ''Tea Party'' of 1773 (a Colonial American Protest against British taxation – or The Tea Act), Citizens of Edenton, South …

Hessian

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/hessian 31st Jul 2021 - Often misunderstood in terms of their actual Military role, Hessians were German Soldiers often confused with Mercenaries that were hired by England's …

Peter Salem

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/peter-salem 31st Jul 2021 - An African-American Slave born in Massachusetts Colony in 1750, Peter Salem was one of the very few ''Freemen'' who served in The American Continental …