Search Results

Captain William Leslie of the British 17th Regiment of Foot, shown in this portrait with Edinburgh Castle looming in the background, lost his life at the Battle of Princeton.

This decoratively engraved powder horn includes a view of Philadelphia’s busy waterfront on the eve of the American Revolution.

Soldier Francis Merrifield of Ipswich, Massachusetts, inscribed a note in this Bible after surviving the Battle of Bunker Hill.

This example of paper currency from the American Revolution was issued under the authority of the Continental Congress in 1776.

View this portrait of Thomas McDonogh, who served as private secretary to the last royal governor of New Hampshire, John Wentworth.

Colonel John Chandler of the 8th Connecticut Regiment carried this small sword during the Revolutionary War as a symbol of his rank.

William Rush modeled this terracotta bust of George Washington for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Sixth Annual Exhibition in 1817.

This map celebrates the triumph of the allied Continental and French forces over the British Army at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.

Inscribed “Success to ye city of Boston, Liberty For Ever” with a fantastical townscape, this English mug evokes the early years of the American Revolution.

This system of drills for soldiers was developed by officer Baron von Steuben during the American Revolution and was used through the War of 1812.