They now bade farewell to the Ohio, or, in the words of the chaplain, to "La Belle Rivière, -- that river so little known to the French, and
Napoleon’s Italian Campaign
The Italian campaign of 1796-1797 was a decisive campaign in the French Revolutionary Wars1. It was led by a young Napoleon Bonaparte and resulted in
British America Before the French and Indian War
New England had borne the heaviest brunt of the preceding wars, not only by the forest, but also by the sea.Our special project presenting the
French America Before the French and Indian War
New France could not grow with a priest on guard at the gate to let in none but such as pleased him.Our special project presenting the definitive
France Before the French and Indian War
A growing disrespect for king, ministry, and clergy was beginning to prepare the catastrophe that was still some forty years in the future.Our
Fort Massachusetts
Then it was a rough clearing, encumbered with the stumps and refuse of the primeval forest, whose living hosts stood grimly around it, and spread,
The Frontier Forts
The various fortifications, public and private, were garrisoned, sometimes by the owner and his neighbors, sometimes by men in pay of the Provincial
Frontier Border Ravages
No part of the country suffered more than the western borders of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.Our special project presenting the definitive
Saratoga Destroyed
This was the farthest outpost of the colony, and the only defense of Albany in the direction of Canada.Our special project presenting the definitive