03208nam 2200589 a 450 991078157110332120200520144314.00-87013-946-0(CKB)2550000000065656(EBL)1672237(SSID)ssj0000551351(PQKBManifestationID)11941071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551351(PQKBWorkID)10537711(PQKB)10917887(OCoLC)610575746(MdBmJHUP)muse12655(Au-PeEL)EBL3338139(CaPaEBR)ebr10514528(OCoLC)923248796(MiAaPQ)EBC3338139(EXLCZ)99255000000006565619920505d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGeneral Thomas Posey[electronic resource] son of the American Revolution /John Thornton PoseyEast Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University Press19921 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-316-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. "... born of respectable parentage...." (1750-1774); 2. "The glorious cause" (1775-1778); 3. "The fort's our own!" (1778-1779); 4. "The veracity of Posey was as unquestioned as his courage." (1780-1782); 5. "... we are to loose you, perhaps for ever...." (1783-1793); 6. "... a most amiable wife and sweet little family of children ...." (1793-1800); 7. "I was not born to riches or... high birth, or great family. " (1800-1810); 8. "I am not ... above shewing an example to my fellow citizens ...." (1810-1813); 9. " ... under your auspices, we have become as one people." (1813-1816)10. " ... he knew him and gave him his hand." (1816-1818)Appendices; A. " ...being in Company with her revives my former Passion for your Low Land Beauty ...."; B. "The unfortunate and most unhappy John Price Posey" ....; Select Bibliography; Index Revolutionary War general Thomas Posey (1750-1818) lived his life against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic periods in American history. Posey, who played a minor role in the actual War for Independence, went on to participate in the development and foundation of several states in the transappalachian West. His experiences on the late 18th- and early 19th-century American frontier were varied and in a certain sense extraordinary; he served as Indian agent in Illinois Territory; as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, as U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and as Governor of Indiana duriGeneralsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CampaignsNorthwest, OldHistory1775-1865Southwest, OldHistoryGenerals973.3/092BPosey John T1561781MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781571103321General Thomas Posey3828790UNINA