• American Prisoners of the Revolution - (Book - Amazon.com) : This is the definitive work on Americans taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. The bulk of the book is devoted to personal accounts, many of them moving, of the conditions endured by U.S. prisoners at the hands of the British, as preserved in journals or diaries kept by physicians, ships' captains, and the prisoners themselves. Of greater genealogical interest is the alphabetical list of 8,000 men who were imprisoned on the British vessel The Old Jersey. Also included is a Muster Roll of Captain Abraham Shepherd's Company of Virginia Riflemen and a section on soldiers of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp who perished in prison, 1776-1777.
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• American Prisoners of the Revolution - (Book - Amazon.com) : This is the definitive work on Americans taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. The bulk of the book is devoted to personal accounts, many of them moving, of the conditions endured by U.S. prisoners at the hands of the British, as preserved in journals or diaries kept by physicians, ships' captains, and the prisoners themselves. Of greater genealogical interest is the alphabetical list of 8,000 men who were imprisoned on the British vessel The Old Jersey, which the author copied from the papers of the British War Department and incorporated in the appendix to the work. Also included is a Muster Roll of Captain Abraham Shepherd's Company of Virginia Riflemen and a section on soldiers of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp who perished in prison, 1776-1777.
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• Great Commanders: General Greene - (Book - Amazon.com) : General Nathanael Greene commanded the Southern army during the Revolutionary War, and after a series of successful battles, forced the British to retreat. After the Battle of Eutaw Springs, he caused the British evacuation of Charleston. This well-rounded biographical work covers Greene’s antecedents and education to 1770, and his early life in Rhode Island from 1770 to 1775, when he took command of his Rhode Island troops in Boston. In 1776 he was promoted to the rank of major general, where he commanded a division during the disastrous retreat from Long Island, and was with General Washington during the difficult early battles at Fort Washington, the Jerseys, the Brandywine and Germantown. He was appointed Quartermaster General in 1777 and carried out those duties during the events at Valley Forge, Monmouth and Newport. In 1780 he resigned as Quartermaster General and was briefly in command at West Point, when he was appointed commander in chief of the Southern Army. -

• Loyalist Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Guide to the Writings on the Loyalists of the American Revolution - (Book Online - World Vital Records) : Searchable online edition of this book by Robert S. Allen published in 1982. Subscription required. -

• Pension Lists of 1792 1795 With Other Revolutionary War Pension Records - (Book - Amazon.com) : Two catastrophic fires in 1800, one in the War Department, the other in the Treasury Department, destroyed the earliest Revolutionary War pension application records. These records consisted primarily of claims for relief based on death or disability suffered during the War. Nevertheless, certain pension records pre-dating the critical year 1800 survive in the form of Congressional reports, and these reports would appear to be the earliest Revolutionary War pension records extant. Four such reports have been identified and are transcribed in this work. Within each report the claims are arranged by state, giving, generally, name, rank, regiment, description and circumstances of wounds incurred, and information regarding pension, place of residence and physical fitness. With an index to nearly 4,000 persons.
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• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files - (Database Online - Footnote) : The records in this collection include entire pension files for soldiers and sailors who served in the Revolutionary War. Unlike selected service records, which were typically chosen subjectively for genealogical content, these records reveal more details about each veteran's history and service, as well as more information about his family, state of health, and life after the war. Search or browse. Requires payment. -

• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 - (Database Online - Footnote) : Browse these rolls by state and name of organization (regiment, battalion, guard, company, etc.). Find names of soldiers with the help of annotations supplied by other Footnote users and feel free to add your own. Thousands of records from 138 rolls of microfilm provide names and details about the men who fought for independence. Search or browse. Requires payment. -

• Revolutionary War Service Records - (Database Online - Footnote) : These are compiled service records for the regular soldiers of the Continental Army, and for the militia, volunteers, and others who served with them. The records are arranged under the designation "Continental Troops" or a state name, then by organization, and then alphabetically by a soldier's surname. Records consist of card abstracts of entries relating to each soldier from original records. Also included are regimental lists including muster rolls, pay lists, and caption cards. Search or browse. Requires payment. -

• The Cymry of '76 - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is one of the few printed sources on the role played by the Welsh population during the Revolutionary War. A good deal of space is devoted to notices of prominent persons of Welsh ancestry, and there is, in addition, a section on Welsh surnames. -

• The History Channel Presents: The American Revolution DVD set - (DVDs - History Channel) : Revisit the birth of a nation in this definitive look at America's fight for independence and rise to glory. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION features 10 powerful documentaries totaling over 8 hours of essential programming available together for the first time. -

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