03975nam 2200637 450 991046519860332120200520144314.00-8195-7477-5(CKB)2560000000141306(EBL)1675647(SSID)ssj0001215477(PQKBManifestationID)11675992(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215477(PQKBWorkID)11177490(PQKB)11145018(MiAaPQ)EBC1675647(OCoLC)877771692(MdBmJHUP)muse33548(Au-PeEL)EBL1675647(CaPaEBR)ebr10861430(EXLCZ)99256000000014130620140430h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe British raid on essex the forgotten battle of the war of 1812 /Jerry RobertsMiddletown, Connecticut :Wesleyan University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (235 p.)Driftless Connecticut SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8195-7476-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ElyCHAPTER 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 British Admiralty Documents; The Report of Captain Richard Coote to Captain Capel; Major Ely's Surrender Note to CooteCoote'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 SourcesIntroductionChapter Notes; Bibliography; IndexExamines 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.Driftless Connecticut series.Northern boundary of the United StatesHistory19th centuryConnecticutHistoryWar of 1812CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryWar of 1812CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryWar of 1812Social aspectsUnited StatesHistoryWar of 1812Electronic books.910.02145Roberts Jerry949258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465198603321The British raid on essex2145556UNINA