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General Knox In Account With Samuel Shaw September 1776 December 1777
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Book Synopsis Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783 by : Francis Bernard Heitman
Download or read book Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783 written by Francis Bernard Heitman and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War by : Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
Download or read book Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War written by Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: East Whiteland-Leacraft, G by :
Download or read book Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: East Whiteland-Leacraft, G written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Quack - Zwolle by :
Download or read book Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Quack - Zwolle written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Washington's Revolutionary War Generals by : Stephen R. Taaffe
Download or read book Washington's Revolutionary War Generals written by Stephen R. Taaffe and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Revolutionary War began, Congress established a national army and appointed George Washington its commander in chief. Congress then took it upon itself to choose numerous subordinate generals to lead the army’s various departments, divisions, and brigades. How this worked out in the end is well known. Less familiar, however, is how well Congress’s choices worked out along the way. Although historians have examined many of Washington’s subordinates, Washington’s Revolutionary War Generals is the first book to look at these men in a collective, integrated manner. A thoroughgoing study of the Revolutionary War careers of the Continental Army’s generals—their experience, performance, and relationships with Washington and the Continental Congress—this book provides an overview of the politics of command, both within and outside the army, and a unique perspective on how it affected Washington’s prosecution of the war. It is impossible to understand the outcome of the War for Independence without first examining America’s military leadership, author Stephen R. Taaffe contends. His description of Washington’s generals—who they were, how they received their commissions, and how they performed—goes a long way toward explaining how these American officers, who were short on experience and military genius, prevailed over their professional British counterparts. Following these men through the war’s most important battles and campaigns as well as its biggest controversies, such as the Conway Cabal and the Newburgh Conspiracy, Taaffe weaves a narrative in the grand tradition of military history. Against this backdrop, his depiction of the complexities and particulars of character and politics of military command provides a new understanding of George Washington, the War for Independence, and the U.S. military’s earliest beginnings. A unique combination of biography and institutional history shot through with political analysis, this book is a thoughtful, deeply researched, and an eminently readable contribution to the literature of the Revolution.
Book Synopsis Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 by :
Download or read book Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years by : Michael E. Newton
Download or read book Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years written by Michael E. Newton and published by Eleftheria Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though Alexander Hamilton was among the most important Founding Fathers, less is known about his early life than that of any other major Founder. Relatively few records have been found regarding Hamilton’s birth, childhood, and origins in the West Indies. Alexander Hamilton “rarely . . . dwelt upon his personal history” and never recorded his life’s story. Most of Hamilton’s correspondence prior to 1777 was lost during the American Revolution. This has resulted in many gaps in Alexander Hamilton’s biography, which has given rise to much conjecture regarding the details of his life. Relying on new research and extensive analysis of the existing literature, Michael E. Newton presents a more comprehensive and accurate account of Alexander Hamilton’s formative years. Despite being orphaned as a young boy and having his birth be “the subject of the most humiliating criticism,” Alexander Hamilton used his intelligence, determination, and charisma to overcome his questionable origins and desperate situation. As a mere child, Hamilton went to work for a West Indian mercantile company. Within a few short years, Hamilton was managing the firm’s St. Croix operations. Gaining the attention of the island’s leading men, Hamilton was sent to mainland North America for an education, where he immediately fell in with the country’s leading patriots. After using his pen to defend the civil liberties of the Americans against British infringements, Hamilton took up arms in the defense of those rights. Earning distinction in the campaign of 1776–77 at the head of an artillery company, Hamilton attracted the attention of General George Washington, who made him his aide-de-camp. Alexander Hamilton was soon writing some of Washington’s most important correspondence, advising the commander-in-chief on crucial military and political matters, carrying out urgent missions, conferring with French allies, negotiating with the British, and helping Washington manage his spy network. As Washington later attested, Hamilton had become his “principal and most confidential aid.” After serving the commander-in-chief for four years, Hamilton was given a field command and led the assault on Redoubt Ten at Yorktown, the critical engagement in the decisive battle of the War for Independence. By the age of just twenty-five, Alexander Hamilton had proven himself to be one of the most intelligent, brave, hard-working, and patriotic Americans. Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years tells the dramatic story of how this poor immigrant emerged from obscurity and transformed himself into the most remarkable Founding Father. In riveting detail, Michael E. Newton delivers a fresh and fascinating account of Alexander Hamilton’s origins, youth, and indispensable services during the American Revolution.
Book Synopsis Index, the Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Leacraft, W.-Pyttis by :
Download or read book Index, the Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Leacraft, W.-Pyttis written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalog of Manuscripts of the Massachusetts Historical Society by : Massachusetts Historical Society. Library
Download or read book Catalog of Manuscripts of the Massachusetts Historical Society written by Massachusetts Historical Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Aachen - East Twinsey by :
Download or read book Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Aachen - East Twinsey written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Continental Army in the American Mind by : Charles William Royster
Download or read book The Continental Army in the American Mind written by Charles William Royster and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Knox written by North Callahan and published by New York, A.S. Barnes. This book was released on 1958 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life of the self-educated Boston bookseller who became Washington's right-hand man, the expert handler of his artillery, and who continued his leadership in civilian life as Washington's first Secretary of War.
Book Synopsis The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence 1775-1783 (LOA #123) by : Various
Download or read book The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence 1775-1783 (LOA #123) written by Various and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive collection of writings from the War of Independence poses a “subtle but profound challenge to much that we think we know about the founders and their era” (Los Angeles Times) Drawn from letters, diaries, newspaper articles, public declarations, contemporary narratives, and private memoranda, this Library of America volume brings together over 120 pieces by more than seventy participants and eyewitnesses to create a unique literary panorama of the War of Independence. Beginning with Paul Revere’s own narrative of his legendary ride in April 1775 and ending with a moving account of George Washington’s resignation from the command of the Continental Army in December 1783, the volume contains writing that describes the major events of the conflict—the early battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill; the failed American invasion of Canada; the 1776 campaign in New York and New Jersey; the crucial battle of Saratoga; the bitter fighting in the South and along the western frontier; and the decisive triumph at Yorktown. Included are writings by famous figures—Washington Franklin, Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, John and Abigail Adams—and by lesser known participants: Samuel Blachley Webb describing courage and panic at Bunker Hill; Sarah Hodgkins writing longingly to her absent soldier husband; Jabez Fitch recounting the last hours of a wounded American officer in Brooklyn; Albigence Waldo chronicling the privations and miseries of Valley Forge; Otho Holland Williams recording with appealing candor American defeats and victories in South Carolina. The volume also contains writings by American Loyalists and by British officers and officials serving in America that provide provocative insights into the losing side of an epochal conflict. All selections are written by people who were in America at the time of the conflict. The American Revolution also includes a chronology of events, biographical and explanatory notes, and an index.
Book Synopsis Belonging to the Army by : Holly A. Mayer
Download or read book Belonging to the Army written by Holly A. Mayer and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the identities and importance of civilians to the American Revolutionary War effort Belonging to the Army reveals the identity and importance of the civilians now referred to as camp followers, whom Holly A. Mayer calls the forgotten revolutionaries of the War for American Independence. These merchants, contractors, family members, servants, government officers, and military employees provided necessary supplies, services, and emotional support to the troops of the Continental Army. Mayer describes their activities and demonstrates how they made encampments livable communities and played a fundamental role in the survival and ultimate success of the Continental Army. She also considers how the army wanted to be rid of the followers but were unsuccessful because of the civilians' essential support functions and determination to make camps into communities. Instead the civilians' assimilation gave an expansive meaning to the term "belonging to the army."
Book Synopsis Digest and Revision of Stryker's Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War by :
Download or read book Digest and Revision of Stryker's Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Digest and Revision of Stryker's Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War by : James Wall Schureman Campbell
Download or read book Digest and Revision of Stryker's Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War written by James Wall Schureman Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Whites of Their Eyes by : Michael E. Shay
Download or read book The Whites of Their Eyes written by Michael E. Shay and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” remains one of the enduring, and most stirring, quotations of the Revolutionary War, and it was very likely uttered at the Battle of Bunker Hill by General Israel Putnam. Despite this, and Putnam’s renown as a battlefield commander and his colorful military service far and wide, Putnam has never received his due from modern historians. In The Whites of Their Eyes, Michael E. Shay tells the exciting life of Israel Putnam. Born near Salem, Massachusetts, in 1718, Putnam relocated in 1740 to northeastern Connecticut, where he was a slaveowner and, according to folk legend, killed Connecticut’s last wolf, in a cave known as Israel Putnam Wolf Den, which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. During the French and Indian War, Putnam enlisted as a private and rose to the rank of colonel. He served with Robert Rogers, famous Ranger founder and leader, and a popular phrase of the time said, “Rogers always sent, but Putnam led his men to action.” In 1759, Putnam led an assault on French Fort Carillon (later Ticonderoga); in 1760, he marched against Montreal; in 1762, he survived a shipwreck and yellow fever during an expedition against Cuba; and in 1763, he was sent to defend Detroit during Pontiac’s rebellion. When the Revolutionary War broke out, Putnam—who had been radicalized by the Stamp Act—was among those immediately considered for high command. Named one of the Continental Army’s first four major generals, he helped plan and lead at the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he gave the order about “the whites of their eyes” and argued in favor of fortifying Breed’s Hill, in addition to Bunker Hill. Most of the battle would take place on Breed’s. During the battles for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island during the summer of 1776, Putnam proved himself a capable and courageous battlefield commander with a special eye for fortifications, but he sometimes faltered in tactical and strategic decision-making. In the fall of 1777, the British outmanned Putnam, resulting in the loss of several key forts in the Hudson Highlands near West Point. Putnam was exonerated by a court of inquiry, but—nearly sixty and opposed by powerful political elements from New York, including Alexander Hamilton—he spent many of the following months recruiting in Connecticut. In December 1779 he was returning to Washington’s Army to rejoin his division when he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. The Whites of Their Eyes recounts the life and times of Israel Putnam, a larger-than-life general, a gregarious tavern keeper and farmer, who was a folk hero in Connecticut and the probable source of legendary words during the Revolutionary War—and whose exploits make him one of the most interesting officers in American military history.
