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09/10/2026

How 300 Men With Empty Muskets Took a British Fortress

⚔️ In 1779, Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee led 300 exhausted Continental soldiers through a flooded New Jersey salt marsh at night toward Paulus Hook — a British fort bristling with cannon, earthworks, and over 200 defenders.

There was just one problem: their powder was soaked.

No shots. No second chances. Just bayonets.

This video follows the near-disastrous raid on Paulus Hook, where everything that could fail did fail — the guide got them lost, men deserted in the dark, the tide ruined their muskets, and dawn was closing in. Yet Lee pressed the attack anyway, and what followed became one of the boldest small-unit assaults of the Revolutionary War.

From Washington’s cautious approval to the savage close-quarters fighting inside the fort, this is the story of how a 23-year-old officer turned a collapsing mission into a legendary American victory.

📌 In this episode:
• The strategic deadlock of the Revolution in 1779
• Why Paulus Hook was so difficult to attack
• Henry Lee, Anthony Wayne, and the shadow of Stony Point
• The night march through the marsh
• The bayonet assault with unloaded muskets
• The desperate retreat with 158 prisoners
• Why Congress awarded Lee a gold medal

If you enjoy military history, Revolutionary War campaigns, and forgotten battlefield stories, Follow to Warforged for more.

🗡️ Would you have pushed forward through the marsh — or called the mission off?

09/06/2026

How 150 Americans Set a British Fort on Fire - Fort Motte, 1781

🔥 A mansion turned fortress. A widow asked to burn her own home. And one of the most overlooked moments of the American Revolution.

In this episode of Warforged, we dive into the Siege of Fort Motte in May 1781—when Rebecca Motte handed over her bow and arrows so Patriot forces could set fire to the British stronghold occupying her plantation. What followed helped shatter Britain’s supply network in South Carolina and pushed the Southern Campaign closer to collapse.

From Nathanael Greene’s strategy, to Francis Marion and Light Horse Harry Lee, to the fall of Fort Watson and the road to Yorktown, this is the hidden story behind a turning point most people never hear about.

🏹 Featuring:
• Rebecca Motte
• Francis Marion “the Swamp Fox”
• Light Horse Harry Lee
• Nathanael Greene
• The British southern strategy
• Fort Watson, Camden, Augusta, Ninety Six, and Yorktown

If you enjoy forgotten history, battlefield strategy, and stories that deserve far more attention, Follow to Warforged.

📌 Leave a comment: Would you have done what Rebecca Motte did?

09/03/2026

How 165 Farmers Humiliated Britain Fort Griswold, 1781

⚔️ On September 6, 1781, Fort Griswold became the site of one of the most brutal episodes of the American Revolution.

This is the story of how 165 militia defenders—farmers, sailors, tradesmen, fathers, sons, and Black patriots fighting beside them—held off roughly 800 British troops on Groton Heights. What followed after the surrender turned the battle into something far darker: a massacre that echoed all the way to Yorktown.

In this video, we cover:
• Benedict Arnold’s raid on New London
• the desperate defense of Fort Griswold
• Jordan Freeman, Lambert Latham, and the overlooked men who fought there
• how the surrender of Colonel William Ledyard became infamous
• why this battle mattered more than most people realize

The Battle of Groton Heights rarely gets the attention given to Lexington, Bunker Hill, or Yorktown—but it should.

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💬 What other overlooked Revolutionary War battle deserves a full episode?

08/29/2026

The Genius Trap That Destroyed A British Army

How do you “lose” a battle and still win the war? 🇺🇸

In this episode, Ravelin dives into the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the brilliant strategy of Nathanael Greene—the general who turned a battlefield defeat into a devastating blow against the British Empire. Cornwallis may have held the field on March 15, 1781, but the cost shattered his army, unraveled Britain’s southern campaign, and set the road to Yorktown in motion.

From Cowpens and the Race to the Dan to the bloody showdown in the Carolina woods, this is the story of how endurance, maneuver, and sacrifice broke one of the world’s strongest armies. ⚔️

If you enjoy deep military history, Revolutionary War strategy, and the moments that changed everything, you’re in the right place.

📌 In this video:
• Why Britain shifted the war to the South
• Nathanael Greene’s gamble in dividing his army
• How Cowpens changed the campaign
• The brutal race across the Carolinas
• Why Guilford Courthouse was a British “victory” that ruined Cornwallis
• How it all led to Yorktown

Drop your favorite moment below—and tell us: was Guilford Courthouse the most important “loss” of the American Revolution? 👇

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08/23/2026

The Retreat That Destroyed a British Army

🇺🇸 The British didn’t truly lose America at Yorktown—they lost it on the banks of the Dan River.

In this video, we follow Nathanael Greene’s astonishing winter retreat across North Carolina in 1781: a desperate race against Cornwallis, frozen rivers, starving soldiers, and total collapse in the South. With barefoot troops, brilliant deception, and one of the most important strategic escapes in military history, Greene preserved the American army long enough to change the entire war.

From Charleston and Camden to Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, and ultimately Yorktown, this is the story of how survival—not victory in a single battle—broke British power in the South.

⚔️ Inside this episode:
• Why the Southern campaign nearly destroyed the Revolution
• How Greene outmaneuvered Cornwallis in the “Race to the Dan”
• Daniel Morgan’s stunning victory at Cowpens
• The retreat that made Guilford Courthouse—and Yorktown—possible
• Why Nathanael Greene may be the most underrated general of the war

If you enjoy deep-dive military history, forgotten campaigns, and the turning points that changed nations, subscribe to Ravelin and join us for more.

08/22/2026

How One Regiment Held a Bridge Against a British Army

160 men. One stripped bridge. An invasion force that should have rolled straight through.

This episode follows the Battle of Springfield in June 1780, where Colonel Israel Angell’s 2nd Rhode Island Regiment held the Galloping Hill Bridge against overwhelming British and Hessian numbers at one of the most dangerous moments of the American Revolution. With Washington’s army weakened, Morristown exposed, and New Jersey under threat, a stubborn stand at the Rahway River helped stop the last British invasion of the state.

Inside this story:
⚔️ The collapse threatening the Continental Army in 1780
🔥 Knyphausen’s march through New Jersey
📖 Reverend James Caldwell and the famous “Give ’em Watts, boys”
🌉 Why the bridges at Springfield mattered so much
🪖 The stand of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
🏴 The burning of Springfield
🕯️ How a little-known battle may have helped save the northern war effort

If you enjoy overlooked battles, desperate defenses, and the moments that changed history without becoming household names, this one is for you.

08/20/2026

How America Built a Navy Out of a Forest to Fight Britain

A fleet built from raw timber. A battle it could never truly win. And a defeat that may have saved the American Revolution.

This episode follows the Battle of Valcour Island in 1776, where Benedict Arnold—years before his infamous betrayal—used a scratch-built American fleet on Lake Champlain to delay a massive British invasion. Outnumbered, outgunned, and crewed by men with almost no naval experience, Arnold chose the one battlefield where the Royal Navy’s power could be blunted: a narrow channel beside Valcour Island.

Inside this story:
⚓ Arnold’s failed Quebec campaign and rise to command
🌲 The frantic construction of a homemade lake fleet at Skenesborough
💥 The brutal close-range clash with Carleton’s warships
🌫️ The nighttime escape through fog and darkness
🔥 Arnold’s final act of defiance as his ships burned on the shore
📜 Why this “lost battle” helped make Saratoga—and American independence—possible

It’s one of the most overlooked turning points of the Revolution: the day Benedict Arnold lost everything on the lake and still changed the war.

08/18/2026

The Culper Spy Ring: How a Farmer and a Tailor Beat the British Empire

🕵️‍♂️ Before the CIA, before modern espionage, George Washington relied on a secret network of ordinary civilians to outsmart the British Empire.

In this video, we dive into the incredible true story of the Culper Spy Ring — the hidden intelligence network that helped save the American Revolution. After Nathan Hale’s disastrous mission and ex*****on, Washington realized that bravery alone was not enough. He needed a system. What he got was a farmer, a merchant, a tavern keeper, a whaleboat captain, a cavalry officer… and a woman using a clothesline as a code.

From invisible ink and numerical ciphers to dead drops and coded laundry signals, the Culper Ring built one of the most effective spy operations in history — and the British never exposed a single member during the war.

This episode covers:
• Nathan Hale’s failed spy mission
• Why Washington created a real intelligence network
• Benjamin Tallmadge and the birth of the Culper Ring
• Robert Townsend, Abraham Woodhull, Austin Roe, Caleb Brewster, and Anna Strong
• Secret codes, sympathetic stain, and spy tradecraft
• How the ring helped protect the French landing in 1780
• The warning signs around Benedict Arnold’s treason
• Why ordinary civilians became America’s greatest wartime spies

If you enjoy forgotten history, espionage stories, and the hidden side of the American Revolution, subscribe to Ravelin for more.

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