LEADER 03975nam 2200637 450 001 9910465198603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8195-7477-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000141306 035 $a(EBL)1675647 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001215477 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11675992 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215477 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11177490 035 $a(PQKB)11145018 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1675647 035 $a(OCoLC)877771692 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33548 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1675647 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10861430 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000141306 100 $a20140430h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe British raid on essex $ethe forgotten battle of the war of 1812 /$fJerry Roberts 210 1$aMiddletown, Connecticut :$cWesleyan University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 225 1 $aDriftless Connecticut Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8195-7476-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aCHAPTER 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 Coote 327 $aCoote'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 327 $aIntroductionChapter Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aExamines the 1814 British attack on the privateers of Pettipaug, also known as the British Raid on Essex, when an American traitor guided the enemy up the Connecticut River to where they burned 27 American vessels. 410 0$aDriftless Connecticut series. 607 $aNorthern boundary of the United States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aConnecticut$xHistory$yWar of 1812$xCampaigns 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812$xCampaigns 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a910.02145 700 $aRoberts$b Jerry$0949258 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465198603321 996 $aThe British raid on essex$92145556 997 $aUNINA