Author: Phillip Papas
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War. Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong allegiance to the Anglican Church, on the eve of war it was in Staten Island's self-interest to throw its support behind the British, in order to maintain its favorable economic, social, and political climate. Over the course of the conflict, continual occupation and attack by invading armies deeply eroded Staten Island's natural and other resources, and these pressures, combined with general war weariness, created fissures among the residents of “that ever loyal island,” with Loyalist neighbors fighting against Patriot neighbors in a civil war. Papas’s thoughtful study reminds us that the Revolution was both a civil war and a war for independence—a duality that is best viewed from a local perspective.
Author: John Louis Sublett
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508463672
Category : Military history
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Throughout our history, islanders have answered the call of duty in great numbers. As early as the Revolution, Staten Island played a major role in the worlds military conflicts. Soldiers of both the British Army and Navy were headquartered on Staten Island during the American Revolution. The Black Horse Tavern in New Dorp, as well as the Rose and Crown and the Fountain House, were occupied by the troops and their Tory supporters during the seven and a half war years that Staten Island was under martial law. During the Civil War, Union training camps popped up all over the island. The Civil War greatly affected the life of all on Staten Island. Economically, we suffered because business with the south was terminated. Staten Island ferries were even used in the Civil War. Our participation in World Wars 1 & 2 were not only in supplying troops but we had many residents employed in the shipyard and munitions factories here on the island. In one way or another Staten Island was effected by all the wars around the world.
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617751294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Presents a collection of short stories featuring noir and crime fiction about Staten Island, New York, by such authors as Todd Craig, Linda Nieves-Powell, S. J. Rozan, and Patricia Smith.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Subcommittee No. 2 (Camps)
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Category : Defense contracts
Languages : en
Pages : 1840
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Author: John A. Nagy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250096812
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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"Using George Washington's diary as the primary source, Nagy tells the story of [his] experiences during the French and Indian War and his first steps in the field of espionage. Despite what many believe, Washington did not come to the American Revolution completely unskilled in this area of warfare. Espionage was a skill he honed during the French and Indian War and upon which he heavily depended during the Revolutionary War. He used espionage to level the playing field and then exploited it on to final victory"--Amazon.com.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1588
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Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1316
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Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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