The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

A nearly 250-year-old drawing of Continental Army soldiers and camp followers has been donated to Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution. The pen-and-ink piece is one of the few ...

5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on ... sought to disrupt the American cause by promising freedom to any slaves owned by Patriot masters who would join ...

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.

1775: The American Continental Army, led by Richard Montgomery, is defeated trying to take the British stronghold of Quebec City in the American Revolutionary War during the Battle of Quebec.

American defeats were frequent. The army staged an ill-fated attack on Quebec, which provided the British a good base from which to invade New York and New England. As the Second Continental ...