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Carrington Henry Beebee <1824-1912.> |
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Washington the soldier [[electronic resource]] |
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Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (475 p.) |
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Presidents - United States |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Glossary of military terms": p. 393-394. |
Originally published: Washington the soldier. Boston; New York [etc.]: Lamson, Wolffe and Co., 1898. |
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PREFACE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; EARLY APTITUDES FOR SUCCESS; CHAPTER II; THE FERMENT OF AMERICAN LIBERTY; CHAPTER III; THE OUTBREAK OF REPRESSED LIBERTY; CHAPTER IV; ARMED AMERICA NEEDS A SOLDIER; CHAPTER V; WASHINGTON IN COMMAND; CHAPTER VI; BRITISH CANADA ENTERS THE FIELD OF ACTION; CHAPTER VII; HOWE SUCCEEDS GATES.; CLOSING SCENES OF 1775; CHAPTER VIII; AMERICA AGAINST BRITAIN.; BOSTON TAKEN.; CHAPTER IX; SYSTEMATIC WAR WITH BRITAIN BEGUN; CHAPTER X; BRITAIN AGAINST AMERICA.; HOWE INVADES NEW YORK; CHAPTER XI; BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND; CHAPTER XII; WASHINGTON IN NEW YORK; CHAPTER XIII |
WASHINGTON TENDERS,AND HOWE DECLINES,BATTLEHARLEM HEIGHTS AND WHITE PLAINS; CHAPTER XIV; THE FIRST NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN.; TRENTON; CHAPTER XV; THE FIRST NEW J ERSEY CAMPAIGN DEVELOPED. ; PRINCETON; CHAPTER XVI; THE AMERICAN BASE OF OPERATIONS ESTABLISHED ; THE SECOND NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN; CHAPTER XVII; BRITISH INVASION FROM CANADA.; OPERATIONS ALONG THE HUDSON; CHAPTER XVIII; PENNSYLVANIA INVADED.; BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE; CHAPTER XIX; WASHINGTON RESUMES THE OFFENSIVE.; BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN; CHAPTER XX; JEALOUSY AND GREED DEFEATED.; VALLEY FORGE; CHAPTER XXI |
PHILADELPHIA AND VALLEY FORGE IN WINTER,1778CHAPTER XXII; FROM V ALLEY FORGE TO WHITE P LAINS AGAIN. ; BATTLE OF |
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MONMOTH; CHAPTER XXIII; THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE TAKES EFFECT.; SIEGE OF NEWPORT; CHAPTER XXIV; MINOR EVENTS AND GRAVE CONDITIONS, 1779; CHAPTER XXV; MINOR OPERATIONS OF 1779 CONTINUED.; STONY POINT TAKEN.; NEW ENGLAND RELIEVED; CHAPTER XXVI; SHIFTING SCENES.; TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE.; SAVANNAH; CHAPTER XXVII; THE EVENTFUL YEAR 1780.; NEW JERSEY ONCE MORE INVADED; CHAPTER XXVIII; BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD. ; ROCHAMBEAU.; ARNOLD.; GATES; CHAPTER XXIX |
A BIRD'S -EYE VIEW OF THE THEATRE OF WARCHAPTER XXX; THE SOLDIER TRIED.; AMERICAN MUTINY.; FOREIGN JUDGMENT.; ARNOLD'S DEPREDATIONS.; CHAPTER XXXI; THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1781, OUTLINED.; COWPENS.; GUILFORD COURT; HOUSE.; EUTAW SPRINGS.; CHAPTER XXXII; LAFAYETTE IN PURSUIT OF ARNOLD.; THE E N D IN SIGHT.; ARNOLD IN THE BRITISH ARMY.; CHAPTER XXXIII; NEW YORK AND YORKTOWN THREATENED.; CORNWALLIS INCLOSED BY LAFAYETTE.; CHAPTER XXXIV; BRITISH CAPTAINS OUTGENERALED.; WASHINGTON JOINS LAFAYETTE.; CHAPTER XXXV; THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE VINDICATED.; WASHINGTON 'S MAGNANIMITY.; HIS BENEDICTION. |
CHAPTER XXXVIWASHINGTON'S PREDICTION REALIZED.; THE ATTITUDE OF AMERICA PRONOUNCED.; APPENDIX; APPENDIX A.-American Army, by States; APPENDIX B.-American Navy and its Career; APPENDIX C.-Comparisons with Later Wars; APPENDIX D.-British Army, at Various Dates; APPENDIX E.-Organization of Burgoyne's Army; APPENDIX F.-Organization of Cornwallis's Army; APPENDIX G.-Notes of Lee's Court-martial; GLOSSARY OF MILITARY TERMS; CHRONOLOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.; WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON AT FOUR PERIODS OF HIS MILITARY CAREER; WASHINGTON AT BOSTON |
WASHINGTON BEFORE TRENTON |
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