Col. George Washington led a party of Virginia soldiers out of an encampment in the Ohio Valley. The conditions were horrid—a night “as black as pitch,” as the young commander recorded in ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... and “summer soldiers” waiting to depart, Washington ordered Paine’s essay read to his men. Two days later, their surprise ...

All together, soldiers and citizens alike ... a member of the elite guard responsible for protecting George Washington, was convicted of mutiny and sedition, and on the morning of June 28 ...