Bernardo de Gálvez indirectly contributed to the Continental Army’s victory at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. A rare painting of him is now on view at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery ...

Some of the generals and politicians egging the soldiers on hoped that George Washington would take up his men's cause and in doing so replace a weak Congress with a powerful new federal government.

Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have recently surfaced and are now up for sale — just in time for America’s ...

Revolutionary battles where General Washington secured his legacy as "First in War." Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the ...

Washington led 2,400 men plus artillery and horses across the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. The bold move came at a perilous time in the war, with enlistments lapsing, morale waning and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Washington is remembered as a brilliant Revolutionary War strategist who orchestrated several crucial victories for the ...

George Washington has long been highly regarded as the father of his country. It's hard to imagine that the 13 original colonies that became the United States would have won their independence from ...