Robert A. Selig
About:
Robert A. Selig is a historical consultant who received his Ph.D. in history from the Universität Würzburg in Germany in 1988. He published a number of books on the American War of Independence such as Hussars in Lebanon! A Connecticut Town and Lauzun’s Legion during the American Revolution, 1780-1781 (Lebanon, 2004) and a translation of A Treatise on Partisan Warfare by Johann von Ewald. Introduction and Annotation by Robert A. Selig and David Curtis Skaggs (Westport, 1991).
He is a specialist on the role of French forces under the comte de Rochambeau during the American Revolutionary War and serves as project historian to the National Park Service for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Project. For this project he researched and wrote surveys and resource inventories for the states of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia through which American and French forces marched in 1781 and 1782. These reports are available on the internet at https://w3r-us.org/history-by-state/
He also served and serves as Project Historian for American Battlefield Protection Program projects such as the “Battle of Princeton”, “Battle of Green Spring and Spencer’s Ordinary”, the “Paoli Massacre”, “Battle of the Clouds”, “Battle of Red Bank”, “Battle of Bennington”, “Battle of Hubbardton” and the “Battle of Brandywine”.
He has been a regular contributor to German Life magazine for over 20 years and has also published more than 100 articles in American and German scholarly and popular history magazines such as the the William and Mary Quarterly, Eighteenth-Century Studies, the Yearbook of the Society for German-American Studies, Journal of Caribbean History, American Heritage, Naval History, Military History Quarterly, Colonial Williamsburg, German Life, Damals, (in German) and the Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association as well as chapters in various books and anthologies.
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D., history, cum laude, Universität Würzburg, Germany, 1988
M.A., English, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1980
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:
“Mangy Sheep and Greedy Shepherds: Emigration from the Prince-Bishopric of
Würzburg in the Eighteenth Century and its Causes” (in German)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Historical Consultant to the National Park Service for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) Study Project, 2001 – 2020
Historical Consultant to the State of Connecticut for the W3R project, 1997 – 2004
Historical Consultant to the Hudson River Valley Greenway for the W3R project,
2000 – 2001
Historical Consultant to the State of Delaware for the W3R project, 2001 – 2003
Historical Consultant to the State of Rhode Island for the W3R project, 2004 – 2015
Historical Consultant to the State of New Jersey for the W3R project, 2004 – 2007
Historical Consultant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the W3R project,
2005 – 2008
Historical Consultant to the Commonwealth of Virginia for a “Revolutionary War
Road and Transportation Survey”, 2007 to 2010
Historical Consultant to the State of Maryland for a “Revolutionary War Road and Transportation Survey”, 2010 – 2014
Historical Consultant to the State of Maryland Department of Transportation, 2014
Contributing Editor, German Life, beginning with Vol. 4, No. 3, Oct./Nov.1997;
as of 1 June 2022, I wrote 150 feature stories for the magazine
Project Historian for the “Battle of Princeton”, “Battle of Green Spring and Spencer’s Ordinary”, “Battle of the Clouds”, “Battle of Red Bank”, “Battle of Bennington”, “Battle of Hubbardton”, “Battle of Brandywine”, “Field Survey, Preparation of Maps, and Preparation of Local and National Landmark/ National Register Historic District Applications for the D’Ambrisi Property, Princeton, New Jersey” and the “Battle of Paoli” conducted for the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) under the supervision of the National Park Service.
I also contributed to the “Battle of Short Hills” ABPP project and am currently serving as Project Historian for the “Battle of Stone Arabia and Klock’s Field” and the “Battle of the Hook” ABPP projects.
RECENT HONOR AND AWARDS:
Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History Fellowship, Summer 2000
Good Citizenship Medal in Silver, Delaware Society, National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 2003
Chevalier de l’ordre des palmes académiques, August 2011
Founded by Emperor Napoleon I in 1808, l’ordre des palmes académiques honors major contributions to French education, history and culture worldwide.
Distinguished Patriot Award, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, September 2012.
The “Distinguished Patriot Award” is the NSSAR’s most prestigious national award. It was established in 1987 and may be given only once by a President General during his tenure in office. The first recipient was Bob Hope in recognition of his many years of entertaining members of the Armed Forces; President Ronald Reagan received the award after he left office in 1989. President George W. Bush was thus honored in 2005, Frank Buckles, last surviving American Soldier of World War I, received the award in 2009.
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies Fellowship, Monticello, Virginia, May 2015.
Erick Kurz Memorial Award for German-American History, Steuben Society of America, September 2015.
La Médaille d’Or des Valeurs Francophones, La Renaissance Française, 2019
This medal recognizes individuals who devote themselves to the development or tightening of linguistic or cultural ties between France and other countries sharing the French language, or to the development of the French language and culture in their country.
On 7 February 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron signed a decree nominating me a chevalier de l’ Ordre national du Mérite. The French National Order of Merit, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle, is awarded by the President of the French Republic independent of the nationality of the recipient for distinguished military or civil achievements. It is the highest medal awarded to foreigners (only 90 female and 90 male non-French chevaliers world-wide annually for 2021-2023), since the Legion of Honor, with which it has a common Chancellor and Chancery, is generally reserved for French citizens only. The honor recognizes my role as one of the foremost American historian on the contributions of France in the American War of Independence and my work as lead historian of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (W3R-NHT), which traces the land and water routes taken by American and French forces from Newport, Rhode Island and Newburgh, New York, to Yorktown in the summer and fall of 1781.
On 27 December 2022, the American Society of Le Souvenir Français, Inc. awarded me the Médaille d’Honneur du Souvenir Français
2023 Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia Fellowship to conduct research in the American Revolution Institute’s library in the Society of the Cincinnati’s headquarters in the Anderson House in Washington, DC
Invited five times, in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2020 and 2022, to deliver the keynote address at the annual commemoration of the victory at Yorktown (19 October 1781)
Video Presentations:
Revolutionary War Military Burials
Tuesday, 14 August 1781. The Day That Shook The World
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH REPORTS
What was he really up to? An Inquiry into the Revolutionary War activities of John Rodgers of Rodger’s Tavern (Perryville: Rodgers Tavern Museum, 2023)
Rochambeau in Rhode Island July 1780-June 1781. (2022) Available on-line at https://battleofrhodeisland.org/rochambeau-in-rhode-island/
“’…They Have Burned the Greater Part of Stone Arabia…’. Preservation Plan for the Battlefields of Stone
Arabia and Klock’s Field, October 19, 1780, Montgomery County, New York.” with Wade P. Catts,
RPA, Kevin Bradley, RPA and with contributions by Jon Jasewicz 2 vols., (South River Heritage
Consulting LLC: Newark, DE, 2022)
Cultural Resource Survey and Land and Water Based Route Reconnaissance for the
Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (W3R-
NHT) and Lafayette in Charles County, Maryland.
(La Plata, Maryland: Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park, 2023)
‘“No Regular Corps could have maintained its Ground more firmly” Site Documentation and Preservation Plan for the Battle of the Hook, October 3, 1781.’ American Battlefield Protection Program Grant prepared for Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism by Wade P. Catts, RPA Robert A. Selig, Ph.D., Lt. Col. Lewis H. Burruss (ret), and Kevin Bradley, RPA (South River Heritage Consulting LLC: Newark, DE, 2021)
https://www.gloucesterva.info/1352/Battle-of-the-Hook
Water Trails of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic
Trail in the Hudson River Valley in 1781 and 1782. A Historical Overview and
Resource Inventory. (Albany, New York: Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, 2020)
“En Avant to Victory: The Allied March to Yorktown June-October 1781.”
In: The Ten Key Campaigns of the American Revolution Edward G. Lengel, ed.
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2020), pp. 199-215.
The Franco-American Encampment in the Town of Greenburgh, 6 July – 18 August
1781: A Historical Overview and Resource Inventory. (Greenburgh, New York:
Town of Greenburgh, 2020)
available for free download at: https://www.odellrochambeau.org/news/free-book
African-Americans, the Rhode Island Regiments, and the Battle of Fort Red Bank, 22
October 1777. (Gloucester, New Jersey: County of Gloucester, 2019)
“In the Morning We Began to Strip and Bury the Dead:” A Context for Burial
Practices During the American War for Independence” in: Conference
Proceedings. Fields of Conflict. 10th Biennial International Conference 26-30
September 2018. 5 vols. (Mashantucket, CT: Mashantucket Pequot Museum
and Research Center, 2019) vol. 3, pp. 78-92. Together with Wade P. Catts.
http://pequotwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Volume-3-FOC-2018.pdf
Battle of Paoli: Documentation and National Historic Landmark Nomination.
Prepared for the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund and the American
Battlefield Protection Program. (West Chester, Pennsylvania: John Milner
Associates, Inc., 2014/2019). Together with Wade P. Catts, Tom McGuire,
and Sean Moir.
“Left Newport … before Daylight and March’s to Chads Ford.” Military Terrain
Analysis for two Brandywine Battlefield Strategic Landscapes Chester County,
Pennsylvania. Prepared for the County of Chester and the American Battlefield
Protection Program. (Newark, Delaware: South River Heritage Consulting, LLC.,
2019). Together with Wade P. Catts and Sean Moir.
“The Politics of Arming America or: Why are there still dozens of Vallière 4-lb
Cannon à la suédoise in the United States but only four in all of Europe?” in:
New Perspectives on the “Last Argument of Kings”. (Ticonderoga, New York: Fort
Ticonderoga Press, 2018), pp. 30-51.
“Hessian Savages, Frog-Eating Frenchmen, and Virtuous Americans, 1776-1783:
How Personal Experiences Change Time-honored Perceptions.” in: The
American Revolution: A World War David K. Allison and Larrie D. Ferreiro, eds.,
(Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2018), pp. 170-185.
The Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail in the State of New Hampshire,
1783. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Washington, DC: Washington-
Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail [WaRo], 2018)
The Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, 1781 – 1783. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Boston:
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association of Massachusetts,
2017)
“The Army march’d at Day Break in two Columns.” Military Terrain Analysis for
two Brandywine Battlefield Strategic Landscapes Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Prepared for the County of Chester and the American Battlefield Protection
Program. (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc.,
2017). Together with Wade P. Catts and Kevin Bradley.
Cultural Resources Survey of the Bennington Battlefield, Walloomsac, New York.
Prepared for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic
Preservation and the American Battlefield Protection Program. (Jackson,
Michigan: Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc., 2017). Together with Wade P.
Catts, Christopher T. Espenshade, Elisabeth Lavigne, and James Montney.
Hubbardton Battlefield National Register Nomination Revision. Prepared for the
Vermont Division of Historic Preservation and the American Battlefield
Preservation Program. (Jackson, Michigan: Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc.,
2017). Together with Wade P. Catts.
“It is Painful for Me to Lose so Many Good People”: Report of an Archeological Survey
at Red Bank Battlefield Park (Fort Mercer), National Park, Gloucester County,
New Jersey. Prepared for Gloucester County Department of Parks and
Recreation and the American Battlefield Protection Program. (West Chester,
Pennsylvania: Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc., 2017). Together with Wade
Catts, Elisabeth Lavigne, Kevin Bradley, Kathryn Wood, and David G. Orr.
“Cheer Up My Boys, the Day is Ours….”: Field Survey, Preparation of Maps, and
Preparation of Local and National Landmark/National Register Historic District
Applications for the D’Ambrisi Property, Princeton, New Jersey. Prepared for
the Princeton Battlefield Society and the American Battlefield Protection
Program. (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc.,
2017). Together with Wade P. Catts and Kevin Bradley.
Cultural Resource Survey and Land and Water Based Route Reconnaissance for the
Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail in the District of Columbia,
September 1781 to July 1782. (Washington, DC: Washington-Rochambeau
National Historic Trail [WaRo], 2016)
“Rochambeau in New Jersey: The Good French Ally.” in: The American Revolution
in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the Home Front James J. Gigantino II,
ed., (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2015), pp. 85-105.
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the Commonwealth of Rhode
Island, 1781 – 1783. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Providence, Rhode
Island: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, 2015)
Cultural Resource Survey and Land and Water Based Route Reconnaissance for the
Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (W3R-
NHT) in Maryland, focusing on the Contributions of the Eastern Shore to the
Victory at Yorktown and the Role of Western Maryland in the Yorktown
Campaign. (Baltimore, Maryland: Preservation Maryland, 2014)
The Encampment of French Forces at Scott’s Plantation on 17/18 September 1781.
Excerpted from Historical Research Report on Belvoir (“Scott’s Plantation”) from
the earliest known Date of European Contact to the Present with a particular
Focus on the Encampment of French Forces on the Site on 17/18 September 1781.
(URS Corporation: Baltimore, Maryland 2014)
Historical Research Report on Belvoir (“Scott’s Plantation”) from the earliest known
Date of European Contact to the Present with a particular focus on the
Encampment of French Forces on the Site on 17/18 September 1781. Prepared
for URS Corporation as Part of TO 19: Generals Highway Project located in Anne
Arundel County, MD (URS Corporation: Baltimore, Maryland 2014)
Cultural Resource Survey and Land and Water Based Route Reconnaissance for the
Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail in the
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Prince George’s County, Maryland (Hyattsville,
Maryland: Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, 2013)
Cultural Resource Survey and Land and Water-Based Route Investigation of the
French Encampments at Bush Town in Harford County, Maryland, on 10/11
September 1781 and from 24 to 29 August 1782. (Baltimore, Maryland:
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Project
in the State of Maryland, 2013)
Battle of the Clouds Technical Report and Historical Overview. Prepared for the
County of Chester and the American Battlefield Protection Program. (West
Chester, Pennsylvania: John Milner Associates, Inc., 2013) Together with Wade
P. Catts and Tom McGuire.
Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781.” in: A Companion
to George Washington. Edward G. Lengel, ed. (Blackwell, 2012), pp. 266-287.
Battle of Princeton Mapping Project: Report of Military Terrain Analysis and Battle
Narrative, Princeton, New Jersey. Prepared for the Princeton Battlefield Society
and the American Battlefield Protection Program. (West Chester, Pennsylvania:
John Milner Associates, Inc., 2010). Together with Wade P. Catts and Matthew
Harris.
Investigation of the Spencer’s Ordinary (26 June 1781) and Green Spring (6 July
1781) Battlefields, James City County, Virginia. Prepared for the County of James
City and the American Battlefield Protection Program. (Williamsburg, Virginia:
Archaeological & Cultural Solutions, Inc., 2010). Together with Alain C. Outlaw
and Mary B. Clemons.
Revolutionary War Route and Transportation Survey in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, 1781-1782. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Richmond, Virginia:
Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 2009)
La Courageuse and La Contrebandiere. A Pair of Bronze 1758 Vallière Light 4 –
Pounder Cannon from the American War of Independence (privately printed,
2008)
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, 1781 – 1783. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution; Pennsylvania
Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 2007)
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of New Jersey, 1781 –
1783. An Historical and Architectural Survey. 3 vols. (Trenton, New Jersey: New
Jersey Historic Trust, Department of Community Affairs, 2006)
“Historical Background.” In: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.
Resource Study and Environmental Assessment (Boston, Massachusetts: The
National Park Service Northeast and Capital Regions, 2006), pp. 9-26.
March to Victory: Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781.
U.S. Army Center for Military History # 70-104-1 (Washington, DC, 2005)
‘En Avant’ With Our French Allies: Sites, Markers, and Monuments in Connecticut
Commemorating the Contributions of French Troops under the comte de
Rochambeau to the Achievement of American Independence, 1780 to 1782.
(Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Historical Commission, 2004)
Hussars in Lebanon! A Connecticut Town and Lauzun’s Legion during the American
Revolution, 1780-1781. (Lebanon, Connecticut: Lebanon Historical Society, 2004)
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route. Statement of National
Significance. (Boston, Massachusetts: National Park Service Northeast and
Capital Regions, 2003)
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of Delaware, 1781-
1783. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Dover, Delaware: State of
Delaware, 2003)
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of New York, 1781-
1782. An Historical and Architectural Survey. (Albany, New York: Hudson River
Valley Greenway, 2001)
Rochambeau’s Cavalry: Lauzun’s Legion in Connecticut 1780-1781. The Winter
Quarters of Lauzun’s Legion in Lebanon and its March Through the State in 1781.
Rochambeau’s Conferences in Hartford and Wethersfield. Historic and
Architectural Survey. (Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Historical
Commission, 2000)
Rochambeau in Connecticut: Tracing his Journey. Historic and Architectural Survey.
(Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Historical Commission, 1999)
MINOR PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
“De Newport à Yorktown, à la Victoire et à la Gloire : la Route Washington-Rochambeau et la Victoire du
19 octobre 1781″ BULLETIN SOCIÉTÉ DE LA ARCHÉOLOGIQUE SCIENTIFIQUE & LITTÉRAIRE DU
VENDÔMOIS. ANNÉE 2022, pp. 99-104
“Creating a Route to Victory. National Historic Trail traces physical and thematic Journey.” Hallowed
Ground vol. 22 No. 4 (Winter 2021), pp. 12/13.
“Rochambeau in Bolton. The Whys and Wherefores of the French Encampment on
the farm of the Rev. George Colton, 21 to 24, June 1781.” The Brigade Dispatch.
Journal Of The Brigade Of The American Revolution vol. 47, no. 2, (Autumn 2020), pp. 3-13
“Severed Heads, Potato-Pits and Fence-Posts: A Cultural Context for the Burial of
Casualties at Bennington, 16 August 1777.” Journal of the Johannes Schwalm
Historical Association vol. 22, (2019), pp. 38-46.
“Involuntary Soldiers for America – the Rest of the Story.” Journal of the
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association vol. 21, (2018), pp. 85-91.
“Involuntary Soldiers for America: Count Friedrich Ludwig zu Wertheim-
Löwenstein’s Creative Recruitment Practices, 1781-1782.” Journal of the
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association vol. 20, (2017), pp. 11-18.
“The proposed Surry-Skiffes Creek Power Line Project over the James River in Virginia’s
Historic Triangle and the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National
Historic Trail (WaRo)” Impact Assessment conducted for the National Park Service
(2016)
“Father Ferdinand Farmer’s French-Canadian Connection.” Connecticut Maple Leaf
vol. 16, no. 2 (Winter 2013-2014), pp. 61-65.
“Eighteenth-Century Currencies.” The Brigade Dispatch. Journal Of The Brigade Of
The American Revolution vol. 43, no. 3, (Autumn, 2013), pp. 16-31.
“Site Lines: Mapping Rochambeau’s March across Connecticut” Connecticut
Explored vol. 10, no. 2 (Spring 2012), pp. 48-49.
“How did Yorktown become the largest town in America?” Le bulletin. Newsletter of
l’Alliance Française, Chapitre de Grasse. Norfolk, VA. (January-February 2012),
pp. 9-11.
“Artillery at Yorktown: A Statistical Overview (Part 2 of 2) The Brigade Dispatch.
Journal Of The Brigade Of The American Revolution vol. 40, no. 3, (Winter 2010),
pp. 26-32.
“Artillery at Yorktown: A Statistical Overview (Part 1 of 2) The Brigade Dispatch.
Journal Of The Brigade Of The American Revolution vol. 40, no. 4, (Autumn
2010), pp. 1-11.
“Heritage Tourism, Historical Re-Enactments and the Local Economy: A Global
Perspective.” The Brigade Dispatch. Journal Of The Brigade Of The American
Revolution vol. 40, no. 2, (Summer 2010), pp. 2-11.
“French Horse-Thieves, German Cattle-Rustlers, and Sticky-Fingered Virginia
Militia: The Seedier Side of Life in Gloucester County during the Siege of October
1781.” The Brigade Dispatch. Journal Of The Brigade Of The American Revolution
vol. 39, no. 1, (Spring 2009), pp. 2-10.
“Global Implications of the Peace of Paris, 3 September 1783.” The Brigade
Dispatch. Journal Of The Brigade Of The American Revolution vol. 38, no. 4,
(Winter 2008), pp. 2-29.
“20 October 1781: The Day After the Surrender.” The Brigade Dispatch. Journal Of
The Brigade Of The American Revolution vol. 38, no. 2, (Summer 2008), pp. 2-16.
“Old World Meets New: Franco-American Encounters and the expédition
particulière, 1780-1782.” The Brigade Dispatch. Journal Of The Brigade Of The
American Revolution vol. 37, no. 1, (Spring 2007), pp. 2-11.
“Tracing the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 – 82.” Notes on Virginia no. 51 (2007),
pp. 47-55.
“Walk Where They Fought: Path to Victory!” The Armchair General (July 2006)
(with Barnet Schecter). Available at http://www.armchairgeneral.com/
“The Rippon Lodge and the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route In Prince William County,
Virginia. A Research Note on the Location of the “King’s Highway” And the Probability that Segments
of an old Road near Rippon Lodge Are Remnants of the King’s Highway” Prepared for the American
Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service (2004)
“Der Spanische Erbfolgekrieg in Übersee.” In: Die Schlacht von Höchstädt/The
Battle of Blenheim J. Erichsen and K. Heinemann, eds., (Ostfildern: Jan
Thorbecke, 2004), pp. 90-95.
“Hessians Fighting for American Independence? German Deserters recruited for
Lauzun’s Legion in America, 1780 – 1782.” Journal of the Johannes Schwalm
Historical Association vol. 7, no. 4, (2004), pp. 39-51.
“Eyewitness to Yorktown.” Military History (February 2003), pp. 58-64.
(based on the letters of comte Schwerin, a lieutenant in the company of
grenadiers in the Royal Deux-Ponts regiment to his uncle the Prince of Neuwied.
“Das Deutsche Königlich-Französische Infanterie Regiment von Zweybrücken or
Royal Deux-Ponts.” Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Part 1: April 1756 – March 1780, in vol. 6, no. 4, (2000), pp. 52-59.
Part 2: March 1780 – June 1781, in vol. 7, no. 1, (2001), pp. 43-53.
Part 3: July 1781 – June 1783, in vol. 7, no. 2, (2002), pp. 29-43.
Part 4: June 1783 – 21 July 1791, in vol. 7, no. 3, (2003), pp. 42-52.
“Putting the Washington – Rochambeau Trail on the Map.” Flintlock & Powderhorn,
Magazine of the Sons of the Revolution vol. 21, no. 1, (Spring 2003), pp. 4-15.
“The Revolution’s Black Soldiers.” Journal of the Afro-American Historical and
Genealogical Society vol. 22, No. 1, (2003), pp. 1-11.
“A New View of Old Williamsburg. A Huntington Library Manuscript Provides
Another Glimpse of the City in 1781.” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 22, no. 1, (Spring 2000), pp. 30-34.
The author of this manuscript is an unidentified officer in the Soissonnois
Regiment of Infantry.
“Traveling On the Washington-Rochambeau-Revolutionary-Route.” Daughters of
the American Revolution Magazine vol. 135, no. 5, (May 2001), pp. 428-435.
“The word liberté was frequently heard. The Royal Deux-Ponts in the American
and the French Revolutions.” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation vol. 21, no. 1, (Spring 2001), pp. 80-84.
“Johann Georg Wüst. Der König von Ostindien.” Damals. Das aktuelle Magazin für
Geschichte und Kultur vol. 32, no. 11, (November 2000), pp. 66-71.
“The Iconography to Triumph and Surrender.” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal
of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 23, no. 3 (Autumn 2000), pp. 72-77.
“From Newport to Yorktown: Following the Road to Victory.” Colonial
Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 22, no. 3
(Autumn 2000), pp. 66-71.
“’Mon tres cher oncle’” Lt. Graf Wilhelm von Schwerin writes home from a Virginia Victory.
Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 22,
No. 2, Summer 2000), pp. 48-54.
“Mount Vernon After Washington: The Rescue of an American Memory.” Colonial Williamsburg.
The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vo. 22, No. 1, (Spring 2000), pp. 48-54.
“Nothing but Sky and Water: Descriptions of Transatlantic Travel from the Journal
of Georg Daniel Flohr, Grenadier, Royal Deux-Ponts, 1780-1783.” Naval History
vol. 13, no. 5, (September/October 1999), pp. 29-34.
“The duc de Lauzun and his Légion, Rochambeau’s most troublesome, colorful
soldiers.” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation vol. 21, no. 6, (December 1999/January 2000), pp. 56-63.
“François Joseph Paul Comte de Grasse, the Battle off the Virginia Capes, and the
American Victory at Yorktown.” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 21, no. 5, (October/November 1999),
pp. 26-32.
“The Prince and the Pauper: Christian von Zweibrücken and Lucy Randolph.”
German Life vol. 6, no. 2, (August/September 1999), pp. 40-42.
“A French Volunteer who lived to rue America’s Revolution: Denis Jean Florimond
de Langlois, Marquis du Bouchet” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 21, no. 3, (June/July 1999), pp. 16-25.
“Who were the Huguenots?” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation vol. 21, no. 2, (April/May 1999), pp. 67-71.
“Eighteenth-Century European and American Currencies.” Beyond Germanna
vol. 11, No. 2, (March 1999), pp. 616-617.
“Georg Daniel Flohr” Beyond Germanna vol. 10, no. 6, (November 1998), pp. 591-
592, and vol. 11, no. 1, (January 1999), pp. 606-607.
“Wilhelmsburg in the Year 1702: The Account of Franz Ludwig Michel.” Colonial
Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 20, no.
4, (Summer 1998), pp. 23-31. Also at www.patc.net/michel2.html
“The Revolution’s Black Soldiers. They fought for both Sides in their Quest for Freedom.” Colonial
Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 19, No. 4,
(Summer 1997), pp. 15-19.
“Virginia’s Black Codes.” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation vol. 19, No. 4, (Summer 1997), pp. 20-21.
“America the Ungrateful: The Not-So-Fond Remembrances of Louis François
Dupont d’Aubevoye, comte de Lauberdière.” American Heritage vol. 48, no. 1,
(February 1997), pp. 101-106.
“Emigration and the Safety-Valve Theory in the Eighteenth Century: Some
Mathematical Evidence from the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg” Yearbook of the
Society for German-American Studies vol. 31, (1996), pp. 137-55; together with
Dr. Duane Broline.
“The Palatial Splendor of the Mozartfest in Würzburg.” German Life vol. 3, no. 1,
(July 1996), p. 43.
“And is, Alas! The Hour of our Parting Come?” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal
of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation vol. 18, no. 4, (Summer 1996), pp. 46-53.
“The Freshest Advices (post-script to my essay ‘And is, Alas! The Hour of our
Parting Come’)” Colonial Williamsburg. The Journal of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation vol. 19, no. 1, (Fall 1996), pp. 14-15.
“Reflections on the 125th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the German
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