The tide of the war rose in Washington’s favor as his troops became more ex­perienced and proficient in just this type of ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

In summer, British soldiers in heavy woolen uniforms suffered heat stroke on marches beneath the unforgiving South Carolina sun. Nor’easters and hurricanes ambushed unsuspecting armies and navies.

Ewald did not join in the festivities. He was a Hessian soldier who had served with the British Army in battle after battle, up and down the East Coast — at White Plains, New York; Assunpink Creek in ...

The six words in this headline are from Thomas Paine’s famous Revolutionary War-era publication “The Crisis.” “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot ...