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Author: Illinois. Centennial Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Author: Illinois. Centennial Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Author: Illinois. Centennial Commission
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Author: Illinois. Centennial Commission
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Author: Christian McBurney
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1611214661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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This biography attempts to set the record straight for a misunderstood military figure from the American Revolution. Historians and biographers of Charles Lee have treated him as either an enemy of George Washington or a defender of American liberty. Neither approach is accurate; objectivity is required to fully understand the war’s most complicated general. In George Washington’s Nemesis, author Christian McBurney uses original documents (some newly discovered) to combine two dramatic stories to create one balanced view of one of the Revolutionary War’s most fascinating personalities. General Lee, second in command in the Continental Army led by George Washington, was captured by the British in December, 1776. While imprisoned, he gave his captors a plan on how to defeat Washington’s army as quickly as possible. This extraordinary act of treason was not discovered during his lifetime. Less well known is that throughout his sixteen months of captivity and even after his release, Lee continued communicating with the enemy, offering to help negotiate an end to the rebellion. After Lee rejoined the Continental Army, he was given command of many of its best troops together with orders from Washington to attack British general Henry Clinton’s column near Monmouth, New Jersey. But things did not go as planned for Lee, leading to his court-martial for not attacking and for retreating in the face of the enemy. McBruney argues the evidence clearly shows Lee was unfairly convicted and had, in fact, done something beneficial. But Lee had insulted Washington, which made the matter a political contest between the army’s two top generals—only one of whom could prevail.
Author: Clarence Walworth Alvord
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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The Illinois Country, 1673-1818 by Clarence Walworth Alvord, first published in 1920, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author: Louis Clinton Hatch
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: Frederick Converse Beach
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Author: Randolph Downes
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 9780822971269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Told from the viewpoint of the Indians, this account of Indian-white relations during the second half of the eighteenth century is an exciting addition to the historical literature of Pennsylvania.From the beginning, when the white traders followed the first Shawnee hunters into Pennsylvania, until the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, the region's history was the history of the relationship between the Indians and the whites. For nearly half a century the Indian maintained a precarious hold upon Western Pennsylvania by playing one white faction off against the anther, first the French against the British, then the British against the Americans.
