Author: Benjamin Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Savannah
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Muskets, Cannon Balls & Bombs
Author: Benjamin Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Savannah
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Savannah
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Oglethorpe and Colonial Georgia
Author: David Lee Russell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786422335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
"Here is the story of James Oglethorpe and of Georgia's colonial days from its birth as a colony in 1733 to its emergence as a free state 50 years later. It includes, from Georgia's perspective, details of the military and political movements that led tothe Revolutionary War. The plight of the common settler is also presented"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786422335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
"Here is the story of James Oglethorpe and of Georgia's colonial days from its birth as a colony in 1733 to its emergence as a free state 50 years later. It includes, from Georgia's perspective, details of the military and political movements that led tothe Revolutionary War. The plight of the common settler is also presented"--Provided by publisher.
Brothers in Liberty
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811770621
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
After failing to defeat the Continental Army in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania during the first half of the Revolutionary War, British generals decided to turn south, where they believed they could win the war in a region more heavily populated by Loyalists. In late 1778, a British expeditionary force sailed south from New York City and captured Savannah, which became a British base of operations and strategic hinge. To thwart the British, an international force gathered around Savannah, including Americans, Poles, Germans, Irish, and—significantly—a volunteer force of free Blacks from present-day Haiti: the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue. The Chasseurs constituted the largest Black military unit in the American Revolution. The soldiers were free men, the sons of French fathers, mostly sugar plantation owners, and slave mothers in France’s most prosperous overseas colony. In the fall of 1779, this force joined the attack on the British at Savannah in a series of frontal results. The French and Americans were repulsed at great cost in lives, but the free Black Haitians stood their ground—and, in a moment of high courage that has never received its due, stymied a British counterattack that salvaged the day for the Americans and French. A rock at Savannah on behalf of the American Revolution, many of the Haitian survivors of the battle went on to serve the cause of liberty in the Haitian Revolution and help found the first Black republic in world history. This is their story.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811770621
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
After failing to defeat the Continental Army in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania during the first half of the Revolutionary War, British generals decided to turn south, where they believed they could win the war in a region more heavily populated by Loyalists. In late 1778, a British expeditionary force sailed south from New York City and captured Savannah, which became a British base of operations and strategic hinge. To thwart the British, an international force gathered around Savannah, including Americans, Poles, Germans, Irish, and—significantly—a volunteer force of free Blacks from present-day Haiti: the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue. The Chasseurs constituted the largest Black military unit in the American Revolution. The soldiers were free men, the sons of French fathers, mostly sugar plantation owners, and slave mothers in France’s most prosperous overseas colony. In the fall of 1779, this force joined the attack on the British at Savannah in a series of frontal results. The French and Americans were repulsed at great cost in lives, but the free Black Haitians stood their ground—and, in a moment of high courage that has never received its due, stymied a British counterattack that salvaged the day for the Americans and French. A rock at Savannah on behalf of the American Revolution, many of the Haitian survivors of the battle went on to serve the cause of liberty in the Haitian Revolution and help found the first Black republic in world history. This is their story.
Constitution vs Guerriere
Author: Mark Lardas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780963459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared off in four such duels, the most famous that between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerrière. Ships and tactics between the two nations varied enormously, with the American navy favouring a revolutionary design of frigate, with twenty-four pounder guns and heavy structural timbers, while the British, used to fighting the French and Spanish navies, relied on smaller, eighteen-pounder frigates. Through first-hand accounts of these four single-ship actions and fascinating comparisons of artillery, crew ability and tactical achievements, this book offers an unparalleled insight into the ruthless reality of frigate battles in the War of 1812.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780963459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared off in four such duels, the most famous that between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerrière. Ships and tactics between the two nations varied enormously, with the American navy favouring a revolutionary design of frigate, with twenty-four pounder guns and heavy structural timbers, while the British, used to fighting the French and Spanish navies, relied on smaller, eighteen-pounder frigates. Through first-hand accounts of these four single-ship actions and fascinating comparisons of artillery, crew ability and tactical achievements, this book offers an unparalleled insight into the ruthless reality of frigate battles in the War of 1812.
Round Shot and Rammers
Author: Harold Leslie Peterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780811715010
Category : Artillery
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780811715010
Category : Artillery
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
British Smooth-bore Artillery
Author: David McConnell
Publisher: National Historic Parks and Sites, Environment Canada, Parks
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Under its mandate to interpret Canadian history to the public, Environment Canada - Parks initiated an extensive study of the technology of British ordnance c1710-1860s to aid in the re-creation of period settings at a number of British military sites in Canada, and to provide a manual for the reconstruction of pieces of artillery, their carriages and platforms. The study covers the production of ordnance, the history of the development and design of various pieces (guns, mortars, howitzers, carronades), their carriages and platforms, and the development of gunpowder, cartridges, fuses, and projectiles.
Publisher: National Historic Parks and Sites, Environment Canada, Parks
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Under its mandate to interpret Canadian history to the public, Environment Canada - Parks initiated an extensive study of the technology of British ordnance c1710-1860s to aid in the re-creation of period settings at a number of British military sites in Canada, and to provide a manual for the reconstruction of pieces of artillery, their carriages and platforms. The study covers the production of ordnance, the history of the development and design of various pieces (guns, mortars, howitzers, carronades), their carriages and platforms, and the development of gunpowder, cartridges, fuses, and projectiles.
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. February Term, 1816[-January Term, 1827]
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States February Term, 1821
Author: Henry Wheaton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368514628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1821.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368514628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1821.
Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description