The Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown
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The Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown
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Author : Hamilton James Eckenrode
language : en
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Release Date : 1931
The Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown written by Hamilton James Eckenrode and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with United States categories.
The Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown
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Author : Hamilton James Eckenrode
language : en
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Release Date : 2011-10-01
The Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown written by Hamilton James Eckenrode and has been published by Literary Licensing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with categories.
The Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown
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language : en
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Release Date : 1931
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October Nineteenth Seventeen Eighty One
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Author : Joseph P. Cullen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
October Nineteenth Seventeen Eighty One written by Joseph P. Cullen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Yorktown (Va.) categories.
Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown Presented By Mr Swanson February 17 Calendar Day February 28 1931 Ordered To Be Printed With Illustrations
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate
language : en
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Release Date : 1931
Story Of The Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown Presented By Mr Swanson February 17 Calendar Day February 28 1931 Ordered To Be Printed With Illustrations written by United States. Congress. Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with categories.
March To Victory
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Author : Robert Selig
language : en
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2005
March To Victory written by Robert Selig and has been published by U.S. Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Provides an indepth account of the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Victory At Yorktown
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Author : Richard M. Ketchum
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2014-08-26
Victory At Yorktown written by Richard M. Ketchum and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-26 with History categories.
From "the finest historian of the American Revolution" (Douglas Brinkley) comes Richard M. Ketchum's Victory at Yorktown, the definitive account of the battle and unlikely triumph that led to American independence. In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington's army lay idle for want of supplies, food, and money. All hope seemed lost until a powerful French force landed at Newport in July. Then, under Washington's directives, Nathanael Greene began a series of hit-and-run operations against the British. The damage the guerrilla fighters inflicted would help drive the enemy to Yorktown, where Greene and Lafayette would trap them before Washington and Rochambeau, supported by the French fleet, arrived to deliver the coup de grâce. Richard M. Ketchum illuminates, for the first time, the strategies and heroic personalities--American and French--that led to the surprise victory, only the second major battle the Americans would win in almost seven horrific years. Relying on good fortune, daring, and sheer determination never to give up, American and French fighters--many of whom walked from Newport and New York to Virginia--brought about that rarest of military operations: a race against time and distance, on land and at sea. Ketchum brings to life the gripping and inspirational story of how the rebels defeated the world's finest army against all odds.
The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-08-09
The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-09 with categories.
*Includes historic art depicting the siege of Yorktown and important people and events. *Includes the final surrender document. *Includes an account of the siege by American soldier Ebenezer Deezy *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. Yorktown was a former tobacco trading post now in decline, not much bigger than a large village. But Yorktown was tucked away on the northern edge of the York peninsula in rural Virginia, and in 1781 it became the site of a brief siege between two small armies, fought with all the decorum and formality of 18th century European warfare. About 5,000 British and Germans faced perhaps 18,000 Americans and French. After only three weeks the smaller garrison surrendered, tired and low on ammunition. Casualties for both sides totaled less than 1,000 dead and wounded. By contrast, at the siege of Stalingrad 161 years later, 107,000 Germans surrendered to 1.2 million Russians after five months of desperate fighting. At least a million died. At Waterloo in 1815, 190,000 troops slugged it out, leaving 14,000 dead in 10 hours. Another siege would take place at Yorktown during the Civil War 81 years after the more famous siege. Yorktown does not rank as a major military engagement by the conventional criteria of size, duration or casualties, but this small scale encounter was one of the most decisive battles in military history. The fact that it was the last major battle of the American Revolution has ensured that every Briton and American has heard of it. Yorktown's importance has led to a legacy full of legends, but as a campaign and siege, the history of the fighting at Yorktown is a fascinating story. Trapped at Yorktown by a combination of brilliant Allied generalship and a measure of bad luck, the British might still have hoped for rescue. They faced a mixed force, many of whom were ill-trained and ill equipped militia, while the British Army was then regarded as the most tactically proficient in the world. Lord Charles Cornwallis, their commander, had beaten a much larger American force that same spring, with his crack redcoats striding through the woods to eject Nathaniel Greene's well-positioned army from Guildford Courthouse. As he made his dispositions at Yorktown in September 1781, he had every reason to expect another British success. The ensuing siege panned out rather differently. On October 19, 1781, for just the second time during the war (the other at Saratoga), an entire British field army surrendered to the rebel patriots. The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The Siege of Yorktown comprehensively covers the events that led up to the siege, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the Revolution's last major conflict. Along with maps and pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Yorktown like you never have before, in no time at all.
The Yorktown Campaign And The Surrender Of Cornwallis 1781
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Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Yorktown Campaign And The Surrender Of Cornwallis 1781 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 1881 with History categories.
A Bibliography Of The Virginia Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown 1781
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Author : Colonial National Historical Park (Yorktown, Va.). Historical Division
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
A Bibliography Of The Virginia Campaign And Siege Of Yorktown 1781 written by Colonial National Historical Park (Yorktown, Va.). Historical Division and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with United States categories.
