When the British attacked Long Island in August, Washington’s troops faced heavy volleys of musket fire, fusillades of ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles of the American Revolution, disease posed a greater threat to his forces than British troops.

It didn’t come in 1788, when the Constitution was ratified, or in 1789, when George Washington took office as the United States’ first president. According to Harry R. Rubenstein, an emeritus ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington ... At Christmas 1776 Washington achieved his first major victory through ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Thomas Paine was an admirer of Washington and spent the desperate autumn of 1776 as an aide-de-camp in the field.

George Washington, who led America through ... disorganization, and poor morale. In 1776 Washington revised his strategy, choosing to avoid all-out battles with the British and protract the ...