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Carleton's Raid

Author : Ida H. Washington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966683202
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Carleton's Raid written by Ida H. Washington and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret orders read: "Destroy all the supplies, provisions, and animals which the rebels may have assembled on the shores of Lake Champlain ... destroy all the boats ... as well as all the sawmills and gristmills which could have been built in the area." The threat of an American invasion of Canada triggered a major attack in 1778, which violated the trust the American colonists had placed in the British and resulted in widespread and cruel hardship for the men, women, and children who lived in the Champlain Valley. In the vast panorama of the historical landscape, persons and events of great importance to one era sometimes escape notice of later generations. So it has been with Carleton's Raid. Although a major invasion involving hundreds of Canadian troops, it was overshadowed by contemporary and subsequent happenings. It records have remained practically untouched in Canadian and Vermont archives. This book brings together the separate and sometimes conflicting accounts of Carleton's Raid so that the reader sees the invasion from the very different ,perspectives of attacker and attacked., On the Canadian side, discussions and decisions are followed in official correspondence, while Carleton's own journal gives details of the action and records a rapport and cooperation with the company Indians very rare in British annals. From the Vermont side, letters and stories vividly paint the sufferings of the settlers and tell dramatic tales of imprisonment and escape. Carleton's Raid is not only of scholarly importance because it is the first thorough study of the invasion of November 1178, but it is also of scholarly importance because it is the first thorough study of the invasion, but it is also exciting reading for anyone interested in American history. Available from Cherry Tree Books - $14.95 plus shipping.

I am heartily ashamed

Author : Gavin K. Watt
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459704770
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book I am heartily ashamed written by Gavin K. Watt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second installment in Gavin K. Watt’s Revolutionary War series, I am heartily ashamed picks up where A dirty, trifling piece of business leaves off. It’s a new year with new challenges. An incredibly fierce Canadian winter was endured before raiding was resumed against the enemy’s frontiers. The rebels’ Mohawk region defence soon fell into disarray when two colonels jousted for control. Continued negotiations encouraged Vermont to not support the rebellion and the republic became a haven for loyalists escaping persecution. Vermont’s adherents even felt free to militarily challenge New York. After the poor results of Ross’s October raid, Haldimand chose to alter his strategy. For years, his native allies had sent small war parties against the frontiers and, that summer, he gave command of large projects to First Nations leaders whose methods greatly challenged the rebels. A new British ministry announced a cessation of arms in July, soon followed by peace talks. Despite the ceasefire, Washington ordered an attack on the new British post at Oswego, which failed miserably. When Haldimand discovered that the treaty’s articles threatened the security of Canada and made no provisions for the natives or loyalists, he confessed, "My soul is completely bowed down with grief I am heartily ashamed."

Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 6-Book Bundle

Author : Gavin K. Watt
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459740734
Total Pages : 1727 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 6-Book Bundle written by Gavin K. Watt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 1727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special bundle collects six titles by military history specialist Gavin K. Watt. This series has a unique focus: The American War of Independence viewed from the perspective of British operations in the north. The Burning of the Valleys concerns a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York in the fifth year of the war. A Dirty, Trifling Piece of Business is about operations in the sixth year, including in the south. In Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy, Watt explores the first two campaigns of the American Revolution through their impact on Canada and describes how a motley group of militia, American loyalists, and British regulars managed to defend Quebec and repel the invaders. Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley concerns the campaign that led to the destruction of British-held Fort Ticonderoga. Fire and Desolation details how misrule and fraying alliances led to a ferocious campaign in 1777 that changed the course of the American Revolution. These titles are essential reading for military history, early Canadian history, and War of Independence history buffs. Includes: The Burning of the Valleys A Dirty, Trifling Piece of Business I Am Heartily Ashamed Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley New in 2017! Fire and Desolation

Buckskin Pimpernel

Author : Mary Beacock Fryer
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459711955
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Buckskin Pimpernel written by Mary Beacock Fryer and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-08-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his Loyalist Blockhouse on Lake Champlain, Justus Sherwood sends out raiding parties to harass the rebels during the American Revolution.

No Turning Point

Author : Theodore Corbett
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806147296
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book No Turning Point written by Theodore Corbett and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne’s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne’s defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks the complexity of the situation on the ground. Setting the battle in its social and political context, Theodore Corbett examines Saratoga and its aftermath as part of ongoing conflicts among the settlers of the Hudson and Champlain valleys of New York, Canada, and Vermont. This long, more local view reveals that the American victory actually resolved very little. In transcending traditional military history, Corbett examines the roles not only of enlisted Patriot and Redcoat soldiers but also of landowners, tenant farmers, townspeople, American Indians, Loyalists, and African Americans. He begins the story in the 1760s, when the first large influx of white settlers arrived in the New York and New England backcountry. Ethnic and religious strife marked relations among the colonists from the outset. Conflicting claims issued by New York and New Hampshire to the area that eventually became Vermont turned the skirmishes into a veritable civil war. These pre-Revolution conflicts—which determined allegiances during the Revolution—were not affected by the military outcome of the Battle of Saratoga. After Burgoyne’s defeat, the British retained control of the upper Hudson-Champlain valley and mobilized Loyalists and Native allies to continue successful raids there even after the Revolution. The civil strife among the colonists continued into the 1780s, as the American victory gave way to violent strife amounting to class warfare. Corbett ends his story with conflicts over debt in Vermont, New Hampshire, and finally Massachusetts, where the sack of Stockbridge—part of Shays’s Rebellion in 1787—was the last of the civil disruptions that had roiled the landscape for the previous twenty years. No Turning Point complicates and enriches our understanding of the difficult birth of the United States as a nation.

The Burning of the Valleys

Author : Gavin K. Watt
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 177070082X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Burning of the Valleys written by Gavin K. Watt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifth year of the War of Independence, while the Americans focused on the British thrust against the Carolinas, the Canadian Department waged a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York. Their primary target was the Mohawk River region, known to be the "grainbowl" that fed Washington’s armies. The Burning of the Valleys details the actions of both sides in this exciting and incredibly effective British campaign. General Frederick Haldimand of Canada possessed a potent force, formed by the deadly alliance of toughened, embittered Tories, who had abandoned their families and farms in New York and Pennsylvania to join the King’s Provincial regiments in Canada, and the enraged Six Nations Iroquois, whose towns and farmlands had been utterly devastated by Continentals in 1779. The Governor augmented this highly motivated force with British and German regulars and Canadian Iroquois. In October, without benefit of modern transportation, communications or navigational aids, four coordinated raids, each thoroughly examined in this book, penetrated deeply into American territory. The raiders fought skirmishes and battles, took hundreds of prisoners, burned forts, farms, and mills and destroyed one of the finest grain harvests in living memory.

The Steel Bonnets

Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 160239265X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Steel Bonnets written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the border reivers: clan-loyal raiders, freebooters, plunderers, and rustlers who worked the border between England and Scotland from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries.

A Few Lawless Vagabonds

Author : David Bennett
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002404
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book A Few Lawless Vagabonds written by David Bennett and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Few Lawless Vagabondsis an account of the three-way relationship between Ethan Allen, the Republic of Vermont (17771791) and the British in Canada during the American Revolution, a work of political and military history. Ethan Allen was a prime mover in the establishment of the Republic (though he was a captive of the British, 17751778), then led the fight to maintain its independence from the predatory states of New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts; from the American Continental Congress; and from British attacks on the new state. In order to defend Vermonts independence, Ethan Allen engaged in secret, unlawful negotiations with the British in Canada, aimed at turning Vermont into a separate Government under the Crown. The attempts of the Allen family to maintain Vermonts independence from its neighbors were successful: Vermont became the 14th State in 1791. A Few Lawless Vagabonds is the first systematic attempt, using archival sources, to show that the Allens were utterly serious in their aim to turn Vermont into a Crown colony, a project which came close to success late in 1781. The Ethan Allen that emerges is not as a warrior hero of the American Revolution but as a successful Vermont nationalist who is justly celebrated as the principal founder of the State of Vermont, a rare combination of patriot and betrayer of the public trust. The British leaders who were Ethans opposite numbers emerge in turn as thoroughly capable military officers and diplomatic negotiators: Sir Henry Clinton, Sir Guy Carleton and Sir Frederick Haldimand.

Conquered into Liberty

Author : Eliot A. Cohen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451627335
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Conquered into Liberty written by Eliot A. Cohen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans often think of the Civil War as the conflict that consolidated the United States, including its military values and practices. But there was another, earlier, and more protracted struggle between “North” and “South,” beginning in the 1600s and lasting for more than two centuries, that shaped American geopolitics and military culture. Here, Eliot A. Cohen explains how the American way of war emerged from a lengthy struggle with an unlikely enemy: Canada. In Conquered into Liberty, Cohen describes how five peoples—the British, French, Americans, Canadians, and Indians—fought over the key to the North American continent: the corridor running from Albany to Montreal dominated by the Champlain valley and known to Native Americans as the “Great Warpath.” He reveals how conflict along these two hundred miles of lake, river, and woodland shaped the country’s military values, practices, and institutions. Through a vivid narration of a series of fights— woodland skirmishes and massacres, bloody frontal assaults and fleet actions, rear-guard battles and shadowy covert actions—Cohen explores how a distinctively American approach to war developed along the Great Warpath. He weaves together tactics and strategy, battle narratives, and statecraft, introducing readers to such fascinating but little-known figures as Justus Sherwood, loyalist spy; Jeduthan Baldwin, self-taught engineer; and La Corne St. Luc, ruthless partisan leader. And he reintroduces characters we thought we knew—an admirable Benedict Arnold, a traitorous Ethan Allen, and a devious George Washington. A gripping read grounded in serious scholarship, Conquered into Liberty will enchant and inform readers for decades to come.

A History of Dumfries and Galloway

Author : Sir Herbert Maxwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of Dumfries and Galloway written by Sir Herbert Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The County Histories of Scotland

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book The County Histories of Scotland written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vermont's Ebenezer Allen: Patriot, Commando and Emancipator

Author : Glenn Fay, Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467149357
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Vermont's Ebenezer Allen: Patriot, Commando and Emancipator written by Glenn Fay, Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebenezer Allen was born during political instability and hardships in an unknown frontier. He matured during the tipping point of the American Revolution as an invincible leader who personified patriotism. Unlike his better-known cousins, Ebenezer was a skilled commando and combat veteran in Warner's Regiment and Herrick's Rangers. Following the capture of a British rear-guard force in 1777, Captain Allen took leave of his regiment and wrote an emancipation statement for a captured enslaved woman and her child. The document, which he filed with the Bennington town clerk, read, It is not right in the sight of God to keep slaves. Join historian and Vermont native Glenn Fay as he recounts how Colonel Allen became the forefather and elected legislator of two towns and one of the most prominent men in Vermont.

History of Fulton County

Author : Washington Frothingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book History of Fulton County written by Washington Frothingham and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fire and Desolation

Author : Gavin K. Watt
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459738608
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Fire and Desolation written by Gavin K. Watt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a disastrous campaign in 1777, the alliance between the Six Nations and the British Crown became seriously strained. Relations were made even more difficult by the hands-off stance of Quebec’s governor, General Guy Carleton, which led to the Native leaders developing their own strategies and employing traditional tactics, leading to a ferocious series of attacks on the frontiers of Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, supported by Loyalist and Regular troops. Among these were two infamous actions, referred to as “massacres” by American historians — attacks on the Wyoming and Cherry Valleys. This destructive campaign prompted the Continental Congress to mount three major retributive expeditions against the territories of the Six Nations and their allies the following year. In Fire and Desolation, Gavin Watt details individual historical conflicts, illustrates the crushing tactical expertise of the Senecas and their Loyalist allies, and provides a fresh perspective on Canada’s involvement in the American Revolution and the unfolding events of 1778.

Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 5-Book Bundle

Author : Gavin K. Watt
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459730119
Total Pages : 1431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 5-Book Bundle written by Gavin K. Watt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 1431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special bundle collects five titles by military history specialist Gavin K. Watt. This series has a unique focus: The American War of Independence viewed from the perspective of British operations in the north. The Burning of the Valleys concerns a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York in the fifth year of the war. A Dirty, Trifling Piece of Business is about operations in the sixth year, including in the south. In Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy, Watt explores the first two campaigns of the American Revolution through their impact on Canada and describes how a motley group of militia, American loyalists, and British regulars managed to defend Quebec and repel the invaders. Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley concerns the campaign that led to the destruction of British-held Fort Ticonderoga. These titles are essential reading for military history, early Canadian history, and War of Independence history buffs. Includes: The Burning of the Valleys A Dirty, Trifling Piece of Business I Am Heartily Ashamed Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley

A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War

Author : Theodore Corbett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1399040456
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War written by Theodore Corbett and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this is one of the first to treat it in its entirety as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While its geographical scope is vast, it features overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought, actions which proved to be as decisive as the familiar ship of the line confrontations. It is also history from the bottom up, emphasizing the role of the crew as much the not always heroic officers. From naval perspective the rebellious colonies did not gain a military victory, though Benjamin Franklin was able to secure their independence at the peace table in Europe. The final chapter on the Royal Navy’s evacuation of white and black loyalists, will be examined in more detail in the author’s forthcoming Pen & Sword book.

The Armstrongs

Author : Derek James Stewart
Publisher : American Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1631818309
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Armstrongs written by Derek James Stewart and published by American Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Armstrongs were the number one “Riding” family on the Anglo/Scots Border during the 16th century. They were the most destructive of the Border reivers... and can arguably be called Britain’s worst ever family. The book follows two narratives... The first delves into the history of the Armstrongs; origins, where they lived, their society and how they survived across a violent frontier... The second narrative is a gazetteer of family biographies – A who’s who of raiders and marauders based on court cases and criminal trials. Tales of ransom, murder, arson, blackmail and theft are explored, drawing out the family’s story during this unique period.