The New York And New Jersey Campaign
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The New York And New Jersey Campaign
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language : en
Publisher: PediaPress
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The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-06-12
The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-12 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting around New York City *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents After the siege of Boston forced the British to evacuate that city in March 1776, Continental Army commander George Washington suspected that the British would move by sea to New York City, the next logical target in an attempt to end a colonial insurrection. He thus rushed his army south to defend the city. Washington guessed correctly, but it would be to no avail. Unlike Boston, New York City's terrain featured few defensible positions. The city lacked a high point from which to launch a siege, as the peninsula of Boston was fortunate to have. Moreover, Washington wasn't sure defending the city was necessary, hoping that an expedition launched toward Quebec like the one Benedict Arnold had led in late 1775 would keep the British away from New York anyway. However, Congress thought otherwise, and demanded that Washington defend New York. Washington thus did what he was told, and it nearly resulted in the army's demise. In the summer of 1776, the British conducted the largest amphibious expedition in North America's history at the time, landing over 20,000 troops on Long Island. British General William Howe, who had led the British at Bunker Hill and would later become commander in chief of the armies in North America, easily captured Staten Island, which Washington was incapable of defending without a proper navy. Washington's army attempted to fight, but Washington was badly outmaneuvered, and his army was nearly cut off from escape. The withdrawal across New York City was enormously disorderly, with many of Washington's troops so scared that they deserted. Others were sick as a result of the dysentery and smallpox plaguing the Continental Army in New York. In what was arguably the worst defeat of the Revolution, Washington was ashamed, and he also felt betrayed, by both his troops and Congress. To escape from New York, Washington led a tactical retreat across the East River and off Long Island in the middle of the night without British knowledge. This retreat prevented the annihilation of the colonial army in New York, but with Washington being pushed west across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania, Congress was forced to flee Philadelphia. And with this string of crucial British successes in 1776, the Revolution was on the brink of failure. The Continental Army, now in Pennsylvania, had lost over 5,000 men during its retreat through New York and New Jersey and now had fewer than 5,000 able soldiers. That winter, one of the men in camp, Thomas Paine, would write The American Crisis, beginning with the famous words, "These are the times that try men's souls." However, Washington would famously cross the Delaware River on Christmas night to attack British forces at Trenton, and he was able to compel the British to suspend the winter campaign after fighting around Princeton. Nonetheless, in the early months of 1777, the colonists were in dire straits and the British were plotting a campaign in the coming months to put down the revolution once and for all. The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The New York-New Jersey Campaign comprehensively covers the events that led up to the campaign, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the conflict. Along with maps and pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the campaign like never before, in no time at all.
Washington S Young Aids
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Author : Everett Titsworth Tomlinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Washington S Young Aids written by Everett Titsworth Tomlinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Adventure stories categories.
Three young men from New Jersey, John Shotwell, Joseph Swan, and Jonas Baker, play a key role in this story of Washington's campaign in 1776-1777. The story includes the adventures of Washington's messengers, the hardships of the prisons and prison-ships in New York, and the raids of the pine robbers led by Jacob Fagan.
George Washington S Revenge
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Author : Arthur S. Lefkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-11-15
George Washington S Revenge written by Arthur S. Lefkowitz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-15 with History categories.
In late August 1776, a badly defeated Continental Army retreated from Long Island to Manhattan. By early November, George Washington’s inexperienced army withdrew further into New Jersey and, by the end of the year, into Pennsylvania. During this dark night of the American Revolution—“the times that try men’s souls”—Washington began developing the strategy that would win the war. In this illuminating account, Arthur Lefkowitz reveals how George Washington turned defeat into victory. During his retreat across New Jersey, Washington reconceived the war: keep the army mobile, target isolated detachments of the British Army, rely on surprise and deception, form partisan units, and avoid large-scale battles. This new strategy first bore fruit in the crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 and the attack on the British at Trenton and Princeton. From there, Washington took up winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey, and moved into the mountains, an ideal position from which to check British movements toward Philadelphia or north up the Hudson. The British tried and failed several times to coax Washington into a decisive battle. Stymied, the British were forced to attack Philadelphia by sea, and they would not be able to seize Philadelphia in time to support the British invasion of upstate New York which ended in defeat at Saratoga. Lefkowitz relies on a lifetime of deep research on the Revolutionary War and close knowledge of New Jersey to tell this exciting, important story whose impact rippled throughout the rest of the war.
Washington S Young Aids
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Author : Everett T. Tomlinson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-18
Washington S Young Aids written by Everett T. Tomlinson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-18 with categories.
Excerpt from Washington's Young Aids: A Story of the New Jersey Campaign, 1776-1777 I have endeavored in this story to give my readers a reason ably correct picture of the struggle in New Jersey during the campaign of 1776 - 7. The old records have given me authority for the setting of all portions of the story; for there is nothing recorded here for which a counterpart in history cannot be found. The messengers General Washington sent to General Lee, the retreat and advance of the patriot forces, the life on the prison ships and in the prison-houses of New York, the raids of the pine robbers, the tempting of, the Hessians, the end of Fagan and his band, are all taken from the records, and there is nothing in the story which might not have occurred in the struggle. I have endeavored also to be true to the character of the lead ers, and have written nothing concerning Washington, Greene, Mercer, Knox, Glover, and others, on the one side, and Lee and Gates on the other, that history does not warrant. The bravery and heroism of some appear the more clearly in contrast with the pettiness and treachery of others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn
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Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-11-27
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn written by Henry Phelps Johnston and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-27 with History categories.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn is a work by Henry Phelps Johnston. In this book of history, the struggle in NYC in 1776 sets the tone for the remainder of the American War of Independence, even foreshadowing ensuing American victory.
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn
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Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn written by Henry Phelps Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Long Island, Battle of, 1776 categories.
Washington And The New Jersey Campaign Of 1776
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Author : William H. Richardson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
Washington And The New Jersey Campaign Of 1776 written by William H. Richardson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with New Jersey categories.
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn Classic Reprint
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Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-10-12
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn Classic Reprint written by Henry Phelps Johnston and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-12 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn Here now occurred one of those incidents which, though insignificant in themselves, sometimes become fatalities that turn the scale of battle. The five American officers whom General Sullivan had sent out the evening before to patrol this pass had stationed themselves at this time, now between two and three o'clock on the morning of the 27th, a short distance east of Howard's house, apparently waiting for sounds of the enemy on the line of the road. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Enemy Harassed
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Author : Jim Stempel
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-03-21
The Enemy Harassed written by Jim Stempel and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-21 with History categories.
As few books regarding American history have achieved, Jim Stempel’s The Enemy Harassed brings a previously neglected period of the American Revolution to life. In late December 1776, the American War of Independence appeared to be on its last legs. General George Washington’s continental forces had been reduced to a shadow of their former strength, the British Army had chased them across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania, and enlistments for many of the rank and file would be up by month’s end. Desperate times call for desperate measures, however, and George Washington responded to this crisis with astonishing audacity. On Christmas night 1776, he recrossed the Delaware as a nor’easter churned up the coast, burying his small detachment under howling sheets of snow and ice. Undaunted, they attacked a Hessian brigade at Trenton, New Jersey, taking the German auxiliaries by complete surprise. Then, only three days later, Washington struck again, crossing the Delaware, slipping away from the British at Trenton, and attacking the Redcoats at Princeton—to their utter astonishment. The British, now back on their heels, retreated toward New Brunswick as Washington’s reinvigorated force followed them north into Jersey. Over the next eight months, Washington’s continentals and the state militias of New Jersey would go head-to-head with the British in a multitude of small-scale actions and large-scale battles, eventually forcing the British to flea New Jersey by sea. In this captivating narrative of the American War of Independence, author Jim Stempel brings to life one of the most violent, courageous, yet virtually forgotten periods of the Revolutionary War. Sure to enthrall professional historians and book lovers of all stripes, The Enemy Harassed is scholarly history presented in an accessible style anyone can enjoy.