Over the summer of 1777, native tribes along the western frontier attack American settlements. In August, they attack Fort Henry in Virginia. After a sustained attack, the garrison receives reinforcements and forces the attackers to abandon the siege.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois, by Glenn Williams
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the early settlement and Indian wars of Western Virginia https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyse00deha, by Wills De Haas
ARP172 Winter at Valley Forge
AR-SP03 James Kirby Martin on the Saratoga Campaign
ARP171 Conway Cabal
ARP170 Whitemarsh
ARP169 Articles of Confederation
ARP168 Forts Mercer and Mifflin
AR-SP02 Author Kurt Avard on his book "First, Do No Harm"
ARP167 Defending the Delaware
ARP166 Surrender at Saratoga
ARP165 Bemis Heights (2nd Saratoga)
ARP164 Forts Clinton and Montgomery
AR-SP01 Dr. Ronald Gibbs on Medical Care and the Revolution
ARP163 Germantown
ARP162 Raid on Fort Ticonderoga
ARP161 Freeman's Farm (First Saratoga)
ARP160 Paoli Massacre & Fall of Philadelphia
ARP159 Battle of the Clouds
ARP158 Battle of Brandywine
ARP157 British Landing and Cooch's Bridge
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