There are many remarkable stories within the Revolution, including how it really went for the average engagement vs. the legendary impressions given through school.
The stories of miraculous weather are enough.
How about Jack Jouett the Paul Revere of the South. He rode ahead all night through the woods to Charlottesville (and Monticello)
to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature that the British were coming to capture them in a surprise early morning attack from Richmond.