By the sixth year of the American Revolution, Britain determined that Virginia would be the key to subduing the entire rebellion. The American War for Independe

Excerpt from Arnold's Invasion of Virginia, 1781 As the year closes the General Assembly is in session; and if we may believe contemporary letters, Mr. Clevelan

"The troops in town are in high spirits, and wish for [another] attack in this quarter; they are all excellent marksmen, and fine, bold fellows... Lord Dunmore

The Americans didn't simply outlast the British, nor was the war just a glorified guerrilla action with sporadic skirmishes, says W. J. Wood. Americans won thei