The Roster, the Drums, The Flag
What pops out on this Return of the Virginia Regiment 1 Dec 1757 ? Two Drummers in every company. Two Drummers are in every of the 8...
Rutherford's Rangers and the Big T route
Before we get to the complaining Rangers, and this complaint was from one of the Ranger groups who Colonel George Washington liked, we...
Fort Ashby Speaker
We've assembled a chronology in honor of a historian coming to speak about Fort Ashby at the annual meeting of the French and Indian War...
Suspect Dunkards?
Not Drunkards --- Dunkards. They were odd, different and therefore suspicious enough to be thought of as possible spies. Beyond that,...
Which Cocks, Cocke, Cox?
. We have a local living historian, Phil Hunter, who has played the role of a William Cocks for years in Winchester VA. Left to Right....
More Rangers, More Indians, More Needs
We resume our trek through 1757. Colonel George Washington is sitting on the 2nd floor in his office in this building overlooking the...
John Washington, Great Grandfather of GW
. This is late September 1675, the year of Bacon's Rebellion. That's the year our Colonel George Washington's Great Grandfather, John...
Conotocaurius - GW is the Destroyer of Towns
Nicknames. The name is a nick on the person's character, good or bad. Everyone knows Abe Lincoln was "Honest Abe." But he did have...
Rufus King finds Thomas Jefferson a Queen
Below is research into the Provenance, the chain of owners who held Thomas Mathew’s manuscript, and who published it. Who is Thomas...
When One Punch kills - everyone is surprised
Next time you drive by the signs marking Fort Loudoun on 419 N Loudoun Street in Winchester VA, you will remember the story of a man who...
