ARP283 Petersburg

In the spring of 1781, the British deploy a larger army under General William Phillips to Virginia. Phillips and Benedict Arnold move on Petersburg with the intent of entering and occupying Richmond. 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: Ward, Harry M. Richmond during the Revolution, 1775-83, by Harry Ward (borrow on archive.org).   Online Recommendation of the Week: Letter From George Washington to Lund Washington, 30 April 1781, Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/99-01-02-05583 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