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Series of Letters Sent to George Germaine by Governor Wright Discussing the Surrender of Charles Town, Various Military Expeditions Against Rebels in South Carolina and Georgia, and Related Acts Passed by Parliament
Author: George Germaine's Letter to Governor Wright, Discussing the Surrender to Charles Town and Recovery of All Rebel Lands and the Seizure of Naval Forces There, and Enclosing an Estimate of the Civil Establishment of Georgia from 24th of June 1779, to 24th of June 1780
Author: Letter Sent to George Germaine by Governor Wright, Relative to Anxiety as to Whether Rebels at Charles Town Have Been Reduced
Author: Governor Wright's Letter to George Germaine Concerning Intelligence that Augusta is Taken by Rebels and Discussing His Correspondence with Colonel Balfour on Such Matters which are Enclosed
Author: Letter Sent to George Germaine by Governor Wright Discussing Meetings and Consultations Held with Known Rebels Now Seeking Peace and Royal Pardons
Author: Two Letters Sent to Governor Wright by George Germain Relative to Operations of Sir Henry Clinton, the Surrender of Charles Town and Capture of Entire Land and Naval Force Defending it
Author: George Germaine's Letter to Governor Wright Discussing the Spanish Threat Now Posed in Addition to that of the Rebels and Voicing Hopes that Carolina Might be Retaken
Author: George Germaine's Letter to Governor Wright, Referring to Henry Clinton's Operations in Charles Town, and Approving Plans to Issue Writs of Election for a New Assembly
Author: Series of Letters Sent by George Germain to Governor Wright Discussing the Rebellions Suffered by Southern Provinces, Legislation for Preventing Disaffected Persons Mixing in Government Offices, and Actions to be Taken Selling Property of Known Rebels
Author: Engineers of Independence
Author: Paul K. WalkerPublisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410201737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geographer's department to assist the engineers with mapping. Both General George Washington and Major General Louis Lebéque Duportail, his third and longest serving Chief Engineer, recognized the disadvantages of relying on foreign powers to fill the Army's crucial need for engineers. America, they contended, must train its own engineers for the future. Accordingly, at the war's end, they suggested maintaining a peacetime engineering establishment and creating a military academy. However, Congress rejected the proposals, and the Corps of Engineers and its companies of sappers and miners mustered out of service. Eleven years passed before Congress authorized a new establishment, the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.