ARP279 Race to the Dan

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In early 1781, the British army under General Cornwallis chases the Continentals under General Greene across North Carolina toward the Dan River and Virginia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan, by Andrew Waters. Online Recommendation of the Week: Peterson, Bruce L. “The Importance of a Small Skirmish During the Race to the Dan” Journal of the American Revolution, Sept. 1, 2021. https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/09/the-importance-of-a-small-skirmish-during-the-race-to-the-dan Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:41.0	Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:45.0	This week, episode 279, Race to the Dan.
0:49.0	Last time we took a detour to cover Arnold's invasion of Virginia, but before that we covered
0:55.2	the showdown between General Daniel Morgan's Army and the British Army under Colonel
1:00.2	Bannister Tarleton at Kalpenz.
1:03.4	Even before General Cornwallis received word
1:06.1	of the British defeat at Kalpenz,
1:08.5	he was preparing to renew his offensive
1:10.5	into North Carolina.
1:12.4	With the arrival of General Alexander Leslie's
1:14.8	reinforcements, his army was upwards of 3300 men with about two-thirds of them
1:21.0	regulars. On January 18th, 1781, Leslie's men made their final march from
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