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The British raid on essex : the forgotten battle of the war of 1812 / / Jerry Roberts
| The British raid on essex : the forgotten battle of the war of 1812 / / Jerry Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts Jerry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.02145 |
| Collana | Driftless Connecticut Series |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8195-7477-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465198603321 |
Roberts Jerry
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| Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The British raid on essex : the forgotten battle of the war of 1812 / / Jerry Roberts
| The British raid on essex : the forgotten battle of the war of 1812 / / Jerry Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts Jerry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.02145 |
| Collana | Driftless Connecticut Series |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8195-7477-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910529469403321 |
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Roberts Jerry
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| Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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