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Roberts Jerry |
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The British raid on essex : the forgotten battle of the war of 1812 / / Jerry Roberts |
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Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Collana |
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Driftless Connecticut Series |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Northern boundary of the United States History 19th century |
Connecticut History War of 1812 Campaigns |
United States History War of 1812 Campaigns |
United States History War of 1812 Social aspects |
United States History War of 1812 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; The British Raid on Essex; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Prologue; CHAPTER 1: FORGOTTEN BATTLE; Loser's Day; CHAPTER 2: DECATUR'S WAR; Blockade; The Privateers of Pettipaug; The Traitor; CHAPTER 3: THE RAID; Going In; The Landing; CHAPTER 4: IN THE HEART OF THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY; Deal, Or No Deal?; Conspiracy Theory; The Burning; Plates; Resistance; Spilled Rum and the Forgotten Sword; CHAPTER 5: THE SHIPS; Coote's List of Burned Ships; The Osage; How Far?; Mystery Ships; CHAPTER 6: GETTING OUT; Captain Glover; Parry Holds the Key; Torpedo Jack; Outward Bound; Major Ely |
CHAPTER 7: IN THE RIVERMobilization; "At Defiance"; CHAPTER 8: THE END GAME; The Gauntlet; CHAPTER 9: AFTER THE BATTLE; Postscripts; The Traitor Unmasked; Admiral Richard Coote?; Stonington; CHAPTER 10: FIGHTING FOR THE LOST BATTLE; Off the Radar; Battle Site Essex; CHAPTER 11: THE PROBLEM WITH HISTORY; Battlefield Archaeology; Ballast Stone & Dropped Balls; Battle Site Revisited; Essex (Pettipaug); Old Lyme; Saybrook; APPENDIX ONE: PRIMARY DOCUMENTS; From The |
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British Admiralty Documents; The Report of Captain Richard Coote to Captain Capel; Major Ely's Surrender Note to Coote |
Coote's Report ContinuesCaptain Capel to Captain Talbot, HMS Victorious; Vice Admiral Cochrane to Croker; Lieutenant Parry's Transcription; American First Hand Accounts; Captain Jeremiah Glover; Lieutenant Bull's Account; General William Williams' Account; A Gentleman from Lyme; Selectmen of Saybrook to Governor Smith; American Newspaper Accounts; Connecticut Gazette; Middlesex Gazette; Connecticut Spectator; New York Commercial Advertiser; American Mercury; Connecticut Spectator; APPENDIX TWO: ORDER OF BATTLE; British Raid on Essex, April 7-8, 1814; Acknowledgements; Notes and Sources |
IntroductionChapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examines the 1814 British attack on the privateers of Pettipaug, also known as the British Raid on Essex, when an American traitor guided the enemy up the Connecticut River to where they burned 27 American vessels. |
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