Posted on 06/29/2026 5:00:56 PM PDT by Libloather
Even though it’s been nearly 250 years since the Continental Congress declared independence from Britain, the study of the American Revolution is far from over.
For decades, archaeologists have dug at Revolutionary War battlefields across the country, yielding fascinating artifacts.
From southern sites to northern battlefields, these places are still sharing secrets — and shedding new light on our country’s founding.
As America celebrates its 250th, below are a few Revolutionary War battlefields that are still revealing new discoveries.
1. Bunker Hill
One of the earliest military engagements of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in Charlestown, Massachusetts, just outside downtown Boston.
On June 17, 1775, the British decisively defeated American forces and seized the Charlestown Peninsula after a retreat.
Archaeologists, who began digging at the site in June, have been actively making new discoveries about the battle site.
Among their findings is a redoubt, a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight.
“We know that the fortification was up here, but nobody has been able to identify where specifically,” Lauryn Sharp, project archaeologist for the City of Boston, told Fox News earlier in June.
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I find this interesting as I have seven ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, and one of them was on the British side who was captured by colonials in 1777 and stayed in America after he was released.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was NOT decisive. It was pyrrhic.
Same here, although I don't know what the actual number was. A 5th great-grandfather who was born in Newtown (now part of Queens), Long Island was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment Dutchess County (NY) Militia. He's listed in the DAR Patriot Index. There were 3 or 4 more with the same last name that were mustered into that same unit. Another 5th great-grandfather, born in Germany, first settled in Pennsylvania, then joined up with the Loyalist unit called Butler's Rangers. He eventually went to Canada. I also had other loyalist relatives. One of the sons who served under his father in the 2nd Regiment, left this country after the war, settled in Canada, married the daughter of a Loyalist from New York. His father wrote him out of the Will.
Everyone knows that South Carolina was where the R War was won. In fact this is now on SC’s standard default license plate. “Where the Revolutionary War was Won”
Actually it should be called “the Battle of Breed’s Hill.” I guess Bunker had a better PR flak.
Was it on Breed’s Hill??
On my Father’s side of the family, my namesake ancestor arrived from France as an indentured servant at a fort on the frontier of western Virginia in 1774 and by 1775 was in a militia company that ended up at Yorktown with Washington in 1781.
On my Mother’s side my British soldier ancestor captured in 1777 was also an ancestor of William Kellogg who founded the Kellogg Company that makes corn flakes.
Great family history, and something to be proud of. I never knew any of my grandparents. I discovered the majority of info on my mother’s side of the family in Canada in 1991, the year after she passed.
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