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![]() | Admiral of the Fleet Howe 1794 National Maritime Museum London, Greater London, UK | Copley, John Singleton | ![]() Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William and George Howe.
Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served throughout the War of... | Unrated |
![]() | Battle Of Bunker Hill ca. 1897 Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, DE | Pyle, Howard | Unrated | |
![]() | Battle of Quebec 1916 | Jefferys, Charles William | Unrated | |
![]() | Charles Cornwallis, First Marquis of Cornwallis ca. 1792 Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London, UK | Copley, John Singleton | ![]() Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in... | Unrated |
![]() | Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Copley, John Singleton | ![]() Captain John Montresor (22 April 1736 – 26 June 1799) was a British military engineer in North America.
Revolutionary-Era America
Stationed at Fort George (the former site of Fort William Henry) in 1765, he witnessed rioting in Albany and New York City in response to the Stamp Act, and in the same year was promoted to captain lieutenant, and... | Unrated |
![]() | Congress Voting The Declaration Of Independence engraving Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Pine, Robert Edge | ![]() Print shows men gathered in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall), Philadelphia. Completed figures include John Adams, Roger Sherman, James Wilson and Thomas Jefferson, handing a document to John Hancock, president of the Congress. Seated in the front from left to right are Samuel Adams, Robert Morris,... | Unrated |
![]() | Der Tod Des Major Peirsons (The Death Of Major Peirson) 1782-1784 Tate Gallery London, UK | Copley, John Singleton | ![]() France invaded Jersey on 5 January 1781. The governor surrendered the island after the fall of its capital, St Helier. A twenty-four-year-old garrison commander, Major Peirson, rejected the surrender and led a successful counter-attack. Peirson was in fact killed shortly before the battle, but Copley shows him dying at the moment of British victory,... | Unrated |
![]() | General George Washington c.1862 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Ames, Joseph Alexander | ![]() George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 – December 14, 1799) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also presided over the convention that drafted the Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation.... | GA |
![]() | General William North 1785 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Peale, Charles Willson | ![]() William North (1755 – January 3, 1836) was an American soldier and politician.
Life
He was the son of John North, who commanded Fort Frederick in 1751, and Fort St. George in Thomaston, Maine, in 1758. He moved with his mother, Elizabeth North, to Boston, Massachusetts.
He entered the Continental Army in 1775, and served under Benedict Arnold... | GA |
![]() | George Washington At Valley Forge 1854 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | Matteson, Tompkins Harrison | GA |
- American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in the United... Read more