Author: Massachusetts Historical Society. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 898

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Author: Richard L. Blanco
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100028090X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1743

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This definitive encyclopedia, originally published in 1983 and now available as an ebook for the first time, covers the American Revolution, comes in two volumes and contains 865 entries on the war for American independence. Included are essays (ranging from 250 to 25,000 words) on major and minor battles, and biographies of military men, partisan leaders, loyalist figures and war heroes, as well as strong coverage of political and diplomatic themes. The contributors present their summaries within the context of late 20th Century historiography about the American Revolution. Every entry has been written by a subject specialist, and is accompanied by a bibliography to aid further research. Extensively illustrated with maps, the volumes also contain a chronology of events, glossary and substantial index.

Author: Michael S. McGurty
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476692378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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The Revolutionary War was nearing its end in early 1783. In his Hudson Highlands stronghold, General Washington kept a wary eye on the British force in New York City, 60 miles away. His army, owed months of back pay, and his officers frustrated by the negotiations over their promised pension, chafed under martial authority. A nationalist faction in Congress seized upon this discontent to instigate the Newburgh Conspiracy, a plot by Continental Army officers to menace civil officials who opposed the Impost, a 5% tax on imports to be collected by the central government, to satisfy the nation's debts. The army--by this time a formidable force of seasoned veterans--was provoked into threatening the very liberties it had fought to defend. This book examines this last major crisis of the Revolution, when Washington stood between his men and the American people.

Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Publisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 880

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Author: Robert K. Wright
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 878

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Author: William Heath
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 558

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Author:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1492

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Author: Robert K. Wright
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.

Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1494

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