Author: Jabez Fitch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The New-York Diary of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch of the 17th (Connecticut) Regiment from August 22, 1776 to December 15, 1777
Author: Jabez Fitch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence 1775-1783 (LOA #123)
Author: Various
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598531395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598531395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
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.
The New-York Diary of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch of the 17th (Connecticut) Regiment from August 22, 1776 to December 15, 1777; Edited, with Biographical, and Bibliographical Notes, Including an Exposure of the True Character of the Pretended "Diary" which Appeared in Facsimile in 1897
Author: Jabez Fitch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The War of the American Revolution, [Bicentennial Publication].
Author: United States. Military History Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The War of the American Revolution
Author: Robert W. Coakley
Publisher: Defense Department
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: Defense Department
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The New-York Diary of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch
Author: Jabez Fitch
Publisher: New York Times
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Includes the text of a diary of Jabez Fitch transcribed from a MS. in the New York Public Library, and the text of the same writer's Narrative which was published in 1897 under title: Diary of Captain Jabez Fitch.
Publisher: New York Times
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Includes the text of a diary of Jabez Fitch transcribed from a MS. in the New York Public Library, and the text of the same writer's Narrative which was published in 1897 under title: Diary of Captain Jabez Fitch.
The war of the American Revolution
Author: Robert W. Coakley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160800795
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160800795
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Almost a Miracle
Author: John E. Ferling
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195382927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Describes the military history of the American Revolution and the grim realities of the eight-year conflict while offering descriptions of the major engagements on land and sea and the decisions that influenced the course of the war.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195382927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Describes the military history of the American Revolution and the grim realities of the eight-year conflict while offering descriptions of the major engagements on land and sea and the decisions that influenced the course of the war.
The War Of The American Revolution: Narrative, Chronology, And Bibliography [Illustrated Edition]
Author: Robert W. Coakley
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782896457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Includes over 20 maps and illustrations The American Revolution, the Bicentennial of which we are celebrating in 1975 and 1976, was an event of utmost significance in the history of both this country and the world. It brought into being a nation, dedicated to the ideals of liberty and justice, that was destined to become, in less than two centuries, the leader of the western world. And it marked the beginning of vast changes that would sweep that western world in the century following, thrusting aside old monarchical institutions in favor of representative government and free economic institutions. Albeit fought on the battlefields much like other eighteenth century wars, it also carried within it the seeds of change in the military sphere that were to sprout and grow in the French Revolution less than two decades later. It was, in this sense, a war of transition between the epoch of limited wars fought by professional armies and people’s wars fought by the “nation in arms.” Our first national army, the Continental Army, was created to fight the Revolution. As the forebear of the United States Army of today, the Continental Army established many of the traditions and practices still honored in our service. The War of the American Revolution was, until Vietnam at least, the Army’s longest war. It is altogether fitting and proper then that the United States Army should pay particular attention to the study of its origins during the bicentennial years and commemorate the events of the Revolution in which the Continental Army and its adjunct, the militia, participated. The purpose of this small volume is to provide a ready reference for such study and observance. The American Revolution has been intensively studied and written about in the two hundred years that have elapsed since 1775. There is much good scholarship as well as popular writing, both old and new, covering all aspects of the conflict and the political and social changes that accompanied it.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782896457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Includes over 20 maps and illustrations The American Revolution, the Bicentennial of which we are celebrating in 1975 and 1976, was an event of utmost significance in the history of both this country and the world. It brought into being a nation, dedicated to the ideals of liberty and justice, that was destined to become, in less than two centuries, the leader of the western world. And it marked the beginning of vast changes that would sweep that western world in the century following, thrusting aside old monarchical institutions in favor of representative government and free economic institutions. Albeit fought on the battlefields much like other eighteenth century wars, it also carried within it the seeds of change in the military sphere that were to sprout and grow in the French Revolution less than two decades later. It was, in this sense, a war of transition between the epoch of limited wars fought by professional armies and people’s wars fought by the “nation in arms.” Our first national army, the Continental Army, was created to fight the Revolution. As the forebear of the United States Army of today, the Continental Army established many of the traditions and practices still honored in our service. The War of the American Revolution was, until Vietnam at least, the Army’s longest war. It is altogether fitting and proper then that the United States Army should pay particular attention to the study of its origins during the bicentennial years and commemorate the events of the Revolution in which the Continental Army and its adjunct, the militia, participated. The purpose of this small volume is to provide a ready reference for such study and observance. The American Revolution has been intensively studied and written about in the two hundred years that have elapsed since 1775. There is much good scholarship as well as popular writing, both old and new, covering all aspects of the conflict and the political and social changes that accompanied it.
The Continental Army
Author: Robert K. Wright
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.