In his new book This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South, Alan Pell Crawford brings to life the three years between Monmouth and Yorktown. A brutal war in the South—a true civil war—set the stage for the victory at Yorktown, and here, Crawford argues, the War for Independence was won. What happened between 1778 and 1781 as the war shifted to the southern theater? Who were the “unsung patriots” that inevitably set the stage for Yorktown? The distinguished journalist and author Alan Pell Crawford joins to discuss This Fierce People and his research on the Revolution in the South.

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Renowned music historian and composer Roger Lee Hall takes us on a lively exploration of the music of the American Revolution. Far from being mere background entertainment, music in the Revolutionary era carried political messages, inspired soldiers, unified communities, and gave voice to both patriot fervor and loyalist resistance. From tavern ballads and marching tunes to hymns, broadsides, and satirical songs, Hall uncovers the soundtrack of rebellion that echoed through camps, meeting houses, and city streets in the years leading to independence.

Roger L. Hall has created the Center for American Music Preservation, where you can find more of this music!

Music shaped public opinion, preserved memory, and reflected the hopes, anxieties, and humor of Revolutionary Americans. The conversation also highlights the survival of period melodies, the stories behind famous songs, and the ways music connected ordinary people to extraordinary events. It is a fascinating journey into the sounds of 1776 and the cultural heartbeat of a Revolution that changed the world.

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Yorktown was not the end! Though Cornwallis surrendered, the British still held New York, Charleston, and Savannah, and the Americans did not control the western frontier. Would 1782 bring a renewed British campaign to secure the American colonies? Could the United States win its independence? Military historian Craig Bruce Smith, professor of history at National Defense University, joins us to talk about his new book, Securing Victory, 1781-1783, part of The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Revolutionary War series, which looks at this critical, but often under-reported period, when the United States actually able to secure its independence, control of the territory extending to the Mississippi River, and the hard-won gains of the war.

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