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The Philadelphia Campaign Brandywine And The Fall Of Philadelphia
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Author : Thomas J. McGuire
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2006
The Philadelphia Campaign Brandywine And The Fall Of Philadelphia written by Thomas J. McGuire and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution, focusing on Washington's defeat at Brandywine and the capture of the Continental capital in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Campaign 1777 1778
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Author : Stephen R. Taaffe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Philadelphia Campaign 1777 1778 written by Stephen R. Taaffe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Engagingly recounts how this often underestimated Revolutionary War campaign became a critical turning point in the war that led to the ultimate victory of the Continental Army over the British forces.
The Philadelphia Campaign 1777 78
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Author : Michael C Harris
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2023-07-31
The Philadelphia Campaign 1777 78 written by Michael C Harris and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with History categories.
The British Army in North America conducted two campaigns in 1777. John Burgoyne led one army south from Canada to seize control of the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor resulting in the battle of Saratoga. Burgoyne’s defeat led to that army’s capture. Rather than assist Burgoyne’s campaign, William Howe led his army from New York City on the Philadelphia campaign. Although Howe captured Philadelphia, the events of 1777 led to the French Alliance and ultimately American victory in American Revolution. This fully illustrated account of the Philadelphia campaign puts the battles into context and explains the importance of the campaign to the outcome of the war.
The Philadelphia Campaign
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Author : Thomas J. McGuire
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2007-05-21
The Philadelphia Campaign written by Thomas J. McGuire and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-21 with History categories.
Based on soldiers' and civilians' vivid accounts--many uncovered for the first time from private collections--the story of the compelling fight for independence reaches its most desperate moments. This second in a two-volume set follows the saga from Cornwallis's triumphal march of his British and Hessian troops into Philadelphia in late September to Washington's movement of the weary Continental forces to camp at Valley Forge in December. Defeated at Brandywine, the Continental forces were worn out and ill equipped. Yet on October 4, Washington embarked on his first major offensive of the war--a surprise attack at dawn on Howe's main camp at Germantown. Only narrowly defeated, the Continentals gained valuable experience and new confidence in the possibility of victory. The seige of the Delaware River forts--one of the bloodiest and prolonged battles of the war--ended with British success in mid-November, but still Howe failed to end the war. He tried unsuccessfully to draw Washington from the fortified hills of Whitemarsh. As the Continental forces moved to Valley Forge for the winter, they would have to face their greatest challenge--survival.
Philadelphia Campaign
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Author : David G. Martin
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 1993
Philadelphia Campaign written by David G. Martin and has been published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth. These are some of the most famous locales of the Revolution, yet not one was the scene of an American victory, except perhaps of the spirit. The Philadelphia campaign, which technically ran for well over a year from early 1777 to mid-summer of 1778, is recognized as the high point of the Revolution. It was a campaign during which the British won most every battle and gloriously seized their objective, the Colonial capital at Philadelphia, yet they were not able to win the war. Thanks to the fortitude and determination of leaders like Greene, Wayne, Morgan, Lafayette, Von Steuben, and especially George Washington, the brave American citizen soldiers refused to admit defeat and weathered the dark days of Valley Forge to emerge a more efficient fighting machine, determined to win the war no matter how long it took. Such was the patriotism of the Colonial troops who won their nation's independence from the professional soldiers and Hessian hirelings of King George. Military historian Dr. David G. Martin's The Philadelphia Campaign is a lively account of an epic period in American history. His narrative includes detailed strategic and tactical analyses of the movements of the generals and their battles for the city of Philadelphia along with the story of the hardships and trials of soldiers on both sides. What emerges is a story of courage, incompetence, tenacity, jealousy, and intrigue. The book is well illustrated with contemporary drawings and maps. A reader's guide provides a basis for further study and there is information about sites from the war which can still be seen today. Sidebars provide information on the period such as theleadership of both armies, the weapons they used, the role of African-Americans in the Revolutionary War, and the stories of heroines Lydia Darragh and Molly Pitcher. The Philadelphia Campaign is not so much military history as American history. It is an important work for anyone interested in how the United States of America came to be.
The Philadelphia Campaign 1777 1778
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Author : Gregory T. Edgar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Philadelphia Campaign 1777 1778 written by Gregory T. Edgar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
"This new book covers Howe's Philadelphia campaign during that summer and fall of 1777, as well as the winter encampments of the British in Philadlephia and the Americans at Valley Forge, and the concluding Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778" -- Intro.
The Disaffected
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Author : Aaron Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2019-03-15
The Disaffected written by Aaron Sullivan and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-15 with History categories.
Elizabeth and Henry Drinker of Philadelphia were no friends of the American Revolution. Yet neither were they its enemies. The Drinkers were a merchant family who, being Quakers and pacifists, shunned commitments to both the Revolutionaries and the British. They strove to endure the war uninvolved and unscathed. They failed. In 1777, the war came to Philadelphia when the city was taken and occupied by the British army. Aaron Sullivan explores the British occupation of Philadelphia, chronicling the experiences of a group of people who were pursued, pressured, and at times persecuted, not because they chose the wrong side of the Revolution but because they tried not to choose a side at all. For these people, the war was neither a glorious cause to be won nor an unnatural rebellion to be suppressed, but a dangerous and costly calamity to be navigated with care. Both the Patriots and the British referred to this group as "the disaffected," perceiving correctly that their defining feature was less loyalty to than a lack of support for either side in the dispute, and denounced them as opportunistic, apathetic, or even treasonous. Sullivan shows how Revolutionary authorities embraced desperate measures in their quest to secure their own legitimacy, suppressing speech, controlling commerce, and mandating military service. In 1778, without the Patriots firing a shot, the king's army abandoned Philadelphia and the perceived threat from neutrals began to decline—as did the coercive and intolerant practices of the Revolutionary regime. By highlighting the perspectives of those wearied by and withdrawn from the conflict, The Disaffected reveals the consequences of a Revolutionary ideology that assumed the nation's people to be a united and homogenous front.
The Philadelphia Campaign Germantown And The Roads To Valley Forge
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Author : Thomas J. McGuire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Philadelphia Campaign Germantown And The Roads To Valley Forge written by Thomas J. McGuire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Delaware categories.
Based on soldiers' and civilians' vivid accounts--many uncovered for the first time from private collections--the story of the compelling fight for independence reaches its most desperate moments. This second in a two-volume set follows the saga from Cornwallis's triumphal march of his British and Hessian troops into Philadelphia in late September to Washington's movement of the weary Continental forces to camp at Valley Forge in December.Defeated at Brandywine, the Continental forces were worn out and ill equipped. Yet on October 4, Washington embarked on his first major offensive of the war--a surprise attack at dawn on Howe's main camp at Germantown. Only narrowly defeated, the Continentals gained valuable experience and new confidence in the possibility of victory. The seige of the Delaware River forts--one of the bloodiest and prolonged battles of the war--ended with British success in mid-November, but still Howe failed to end the war. He tried unsuccessfully to draw Washington from the fortified hills of Whitemarsh. As the Continental forces moved to Valley Forge for the winter, they would have to face their greatest challenge--survival.
The Philadelphia Campaign
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Author : Thomas J. McGuire
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2006-10-27
The Philadelphia Campaign written by Thomas J. McGuire and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-27 with History categories.
This is the first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution. • An in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia. • The compelling account of the fight for the Continental capital, based on surviving accounts of soldiers and civilians "The Philadelphia Campaign is first-rate, an absorbing work of tenacious research and close scholarship. Thomas J. McGuire knows the time of the American Revolution and has been over the ground in and about Philadelphia in a way few writers ever have. But it is his empathy for the human reality of war and the great variety of people caught up in it, whether in the service of the king or the Glorious Cause of America, that makes this book especially alive and memorable." --David McCullough, author of John Adams and 1776
Germantown
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Author : Michael C. Harris
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2020-07-21
Germantown written by Michael C. Harris and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-21 with History categories.
The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Revolution’s Philadelphia Campaign. Today, Germantown is a busy Philadelphia neighborhood. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital—and the site of one of the American Revolution’s largest battles. Now Michael C. Harris sheds new light on this important action with a captivating historical study. After defeating Washington’s rebel army in the Battle of Brandywine, General Sir William Howe took Philadelphia. But Washington soon returned, launching a surprise attack on the British garrison at Germantown. The recapture of the colonial capital seemed within Washington’s grasp until poor decisions by the American high command led to a clear British victory. With original archival research and a deep knowledge of the terrain, Harris merges the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation into a single compelling account. Complete with original maps, illustrations, and modern photos, and told largely through the words of those who fought there, Germantown is a major contribution to American Revolutionary studies.