Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution
Society & Culture:History
This week our guest is Mark Edward Lender, author of the new book Cabal: The Plot Against General Washington. In 1777 doubt was cast over the Revolutionary cause and a whisper campaign was launched against General George Washington. Highlighting the successes of General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, many in Congress conspired to replace him as the head of the Continental Army. After a period of high stakes intrigue, Washington retained his command. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com
E67: Matthew Reardon: The Whaleboat Wars on the Connecticut River
E66: George Kotlik: The British Invasion of the Bahamas
E65: Stephen John Katzberg: Mapping the Battle of Eutaw Springs
E64: Eric Sterner: The Siege of Fort Henry
E63: Patrick Naughton: Informational Control and the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
E62: Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick: John Sullivan and the Occupation of Easton
E61: Justin McHenry: Morgan v. Shippen and the Fate of the Continental Medical Department
E60: Brian Patrick O’Malley: Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever Epidemic
E59: Patrick H. Hannum: Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
E58: Kevin A. Conn: The Lenape History of the American Revolution
E57: Katie Turner Getty: Control of Disease in the Revolutionary Era
E56: Matthew Skic: The Museum of the American Revolution
E55: Douglas R. Dorney, Jr.: Captain John De Treville: Continental Officer and British Spy
E54: John Rees: They Were Good Soldiers: African Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783
E53: Tom Shachtman: Founding Fortunes
Michael Cecere: Virginia’s Eighteen Months Men
E51: Jeffrey D. Simon: The Sons of Liberty and Mob Terror
E50: Dean Caivano: Resistance Against Tyranny
E49: William H.J. Manthorpe, Jr.: The Lewes Lighthouse Legend
E48: David Head: The Prelude to the Newburgh Conspiracy
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