BRAVO has compiled brief reports for several of the places they have conducted surveys. These documents provide a brief historical overview and how through the use of metal detecting BRAVO has impacted the interpretation of these sites.
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The Revolutionary War heroine who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Monmouth.
Everyone has heard of Molly Pitcher, but did you know that her actions may have saved the Continental Army from losing the Battle of Monmouth? Many historians believe that if she hadn't taken her wounded husband's place at the cannon, his unit would have been forced to retreat, giving British troops the advantage.
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The strong words in this series of five letters between Washington and Lee, written before and after the Battle of Monmouth, clearly illustrate the positions of both officers following Lee's disorderly retreat from engagement.
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Sivilich, D.M.
1996 Analyzing Musket Balls to Interpret a Revolutionary War Site. Historical Archaeology 30(2):101-109.
Sivilich, D.M.
2005 Evolution of MacroArchaeology at the Battle of Monmouth - 1778 American Revolutionary War. In Battlefields Archaeological Review. J. Cooksey, ed. Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books Limited.
Sivilich, D.M.
2006 What the Musket Ball Can Tell You: Monmouth Battlefield State Park, New Jersey. In Fields of Conflict. D. Scott, L. Babits, and C. Haecker, eds. Pp. 84-101, Vol. 1. West Port: Praeger Security International Press.
Sivilich, D.M.
2007 Accuracy Testing of Hand-Held GPS Units and Other Methods of Measuring Spatial Data. Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey 62:64-72.
Sivilich, D.M., and G.W Stone
2003 The Battle of Monmouth: the Archaeology of Molly Pitcher, the Royal Highlanders, and Colonel Cilley’s Light Infantry. In Self-published pamphlet available at Monmouth Battlefield State Park.
Sivilich, D.M.
2009 The Archaeology of Molly Pitcher. American Revolution 1(3):11-14.
Stone, G.W, D.M. Sivilich, and M.W Lender
1996 A Deadly Minuet: The Advance of the New England “Picked Men” against the Royal Highlanders at The Battle of Monmouth. The Brigade Dispatch 26(2).
