Author: Isaac William Stuart
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382320002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut
Author: Isaac William Stuart
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382320002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382320002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut
Author: Isaac William Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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The Traitor’s Homecoming
Author: Matthew E. Reardon
Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611216990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Almost everyone is familiar with the name of at least one Revolutionary War battle. Some, like Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown are household names. Others are less well known but readily recognized when mentioned. An engagement in Connecticut during the war’s seventh year, commanded by one of history’s most infamous military names, is not among them. Matthew E. Reardon has set out to rectify that oversight with The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4–13, 1781. By 1781, the war in North America had reached a stalemate. That changed during the summer when the combined Franco-American armies of Generals George Washington and Jean-Baptiste comte de Rochambeau deceived British General Sir Henry Clinton into believing they were about to lay siege to New York City. In fact, they were moving south toward Yorktown, Virginia, in a bid to trap Lord Cornwallis’s British army against the sea. Clinton fell for the deception and dispatched former American general Benedict Arnold to attack New London. Clinton hoped to destroy the privateers operating out of its harbor and derail militia reinforcements and supplies heading from Connecticut to the allied armies outside New York City. Situated in southeastern Connecticut, New London was the center of the state’s wartime naval activities. State and Continental naval vessels operated out of its harbor, which doubled as a haven for American privateers. Arnold landed on September 6 and, in a textbook operation, defeated local militia, took possession of the town, harbor, and forts, and set New London’s waterfront ablaze. But that is not how it is remembered. The Connecticut governor’s vicious propaganda campaign against the British and Arnold, who was already infamous for his treachery, created a narrative of partial truths and embellishments that persist to this day. As such, most of the attention remains on the bloody fighting and supposed “massacre” at Fort Griswold. There is much more to the story. The Traitor’s Homecoming uses dozens of newly discovered British and American primary sources to weave a balanced military study of an often forgotten and misunderstood campaign. Indeed, Reardon achieves a major reinterpretation of the battle while dismantling its myths. Thirteen original maps and numerous illustrations and modern photographs flesh out this provocative and groundbreaking study.
Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611216990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Almost everyone is familiar with the name of at least one Revolutionary War battle. Some, like Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown are household names. Others are less well known but readily recognized when mentioned. An engagement in Connecticut during the war’s seventh year, commanded by one of history’s most infamous military names, is not among them. Matthew E. Reardon has set out to rectify that oversight with The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4–13, 1781. By 1781, the war in North America had reached a stalemate. That changed during the summer when the combined Franco-American armies of Generals George Washington and Jean-Baptiste comte de Rochambeau deceived British General Sir Henry Clinton into believing they were about to lay siege to New York City. In fact, they were moving south toward Yorktown, Virginia, in a bid to trap Lord Cornwallis’s British army against the sea. Clinton fell for the deception and dispatched former American general Benedict Arnold to attack New London. Clinton hoped to destroy the privateers operating out of its harbor and derail militia reinforcements and supplies heading from Connecticut to the allied armies outside New York City. Situated in southeastern Connecticut, New London was the center of the state’s wartime naval activities. State and Continental naval vessels operated out of its harbor, which doubled as a haven for American privateers. Arnold landed on September 6 and, in a textbook operation, defeated local militia, took possession of the town, harbor, and forts, and set New London’s waterfront ablaze. But that is not how it is remembered. The Connecticut governor’s vicious propaganda campaign against the British and Arnold, who was already infamous for his treachery, created a narrative of partial truths and embellishments that persist to this day. As such, most of the attention remains on the bloody fighting and supposed “massacre” at Fort Griswold. There is much more to the story. The Traitor’s Homecoming uses dozens of newly discovered British and American primary sources to weave a balanced military study of an often forgotten and misunderstood campaign. Indeed, Reardon achieves a major reinterpretation of the battle while dismantling its myths. Thirteen original maps and numerous illustrations and modern photographs flesh out this provocative and groundbreaking study.
The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859
Author: Various
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041578281
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041578281
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries
Author: John Austin Stevens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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American Biography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary America
Author: Terry M. Mays
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810853898
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Not just about the grievances that led to war nor the actual war itself, but more particularly the subsequent period of trial and error in which the thirteen states and those that followed were welded into the United States of America. In addition to the over 1100 dictionary entries on significant people and political, economic, and social events of the era, appendixes documenting the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, as well as listing all the Presidents of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, are included.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810853898
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Not just about the grievances that led to war nor the actual war itself, but more particularly the subsequent period of trial and error in which the thirteen states and those that followed were welded into the United States of America. In addition to the over 1100 dictionary entries on significant people and political, economic, and social events of the era, appendixes documenting the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, as well as listing all the Presidents of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, are included.
A Bibliographical Guide to the History of the British Empire, 1748-1776
Author: Lawrence Henry Gipson
Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description