In this episode, historian and author Gabriel Neville joins us to discuss his book The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia and the Birth of the American Frontier.
Nearly 800 men followed the “Fighting Parson,” Colonel Peter Muhlenberg, into the Continental Army in 1776—but few remained by the end of the Revolution. Drawn from Virginia’s western frontier—stretching from Pittsburgh to what would become Kentucky and Tennessee—these men helped shape the fight for independence and the early settlement of America’s frontier.
Neville shares how he pieced together their story from rare letters, archives, and forgotten records, offering new insight into major battles like Sullivan’s Island, Germantown, and Monmouth, and into the lives of soldiers who went on to settle the American West.
This is the remarkable tale of the 8th Virginia Regiment, the men who endured the Revolution’s harshest campaigns—and the legacy they left behind in Kentucky and beyond.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Men-Standing-Virginia-Revolution/dp/1804516724
8thVirginia.com
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In this episode, historian and author Gabriel Neville joins us to discuss his book The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia and the Birth of the American Frontier.
Nearly 800 men followed the “Fighting Parson,” Colonel Peter Muhlenberg, into the Continental Army in 1776—but few remained by the end of the Revolution. Drawn from Virginia’s western frontier—stretching from Pittsburgh to what would become Kentucky and Tennessee—these men helped shape the fight for independence and the early settlement of America’s frontier.
Neville shares how he pieced together their story from rare letters, archives, and forgotten records, offering new insight into major battles like Sullivan’s Island, Germantown, and Monmouth, and into the lives of soldiers who went on to settle the American West.
This is the remarkable tale of the 8th Virginia Regiment, the men who endured the Revolution’s harshest campaigns—and the legacy they left behind in Kentucky and beyond.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Men-Standing-Virginia-Revolution/dp/1804516724
8thVirginia.com
https://linktr.ee/Kyhistorypod
The Real Birthplace of Lincoln? Lost in Kentucky History
Kentucky History Podcast
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The Real Birthplace of Lincoln? Lost in Kentucky History
In Part 1 of this special two-part series, we’re joined by Gwinn Thompson, author of The Lincoln Family: Its Lost & Hidden History, for a deep dive into Abraham Lincoln’s earliest days in Kentucky. Drawing from years of research, Gwinn shares new insights about the Lincoln family’s roots in Mill Creek, Hardin County, and Beechland in Washington County, shedding light on long-overlooked locations and misunderstood facts about Lincoln's birthplace and childhood.
For Gwinn’s book email, gwinnthompson@yahoo.com
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Kentucky History Podcast
In this episode, historian and author Gabriel Neville joins us to discuss his book The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia and the Birth of the American Frontier.
Nearly 800 men followed the “Fighting Parson,” Colonel Peter Muhlenberg, into the Continental Army in 1776—but few remained by the end of the Revolution. Drawn from Virginia’s western frontier—stretching from Pittsburgh to what would become Kentucky and Tennessee—these men helped shape the fight for independence and the early settlement of America’s frontier.
Neville shares how he pieced together their story from rare letters, archives, and forgotten records, offering new insight into major battles like Sullivan’s Island, Germantown, and Monmouth, and into the lives of soldiers who went on to settle the American West.
This is the remarkable tale of the 8th Virginia Regiment, the men who endured the Revolution’s harshest campaigns—and the legacy they left behind in Kentucky and beyond.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Men-Standing-Virginia-Revolution/dp/1804516724
8thVirginia.com
https://linktr.ee/Kyhistorypod
