Author: John JayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Battle of Harlem Plains
Author: John JayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Commemoration of the Battle of Harlem Plains on Its One Hundredth Anniversary by the New York Historical Society
Author: New-York Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Battle for New York
Author: Barnet SchecterPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780712636483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
On 15 September, 1776, the British army under General William Howe invaded Manhattan Island, with the largest expeditionary force in their history. George Washington's Continental Army, still in disarray after the disastrous Battle of Brooklyn some two weeks earlier, retreated north to Harlem Heights, leaving New York in British hands. Control of the city was Howe's primary objective. Located at the mouth of the strategically vital Hudson river, it had become the centrepiece of England's strategy for putting down the American rebellion. key to the colonies, New York proved to be the fatal chalice that poisoned the British war effort. The Battle for New York tells the story of how the city became the pivot on which the American Revolution turned - from the political and religious struggles of the 1760s and early 1770s that polarised its citizens and increasingly made New York a hotbed of radical thought and action; to the campaign of 1776 that turned New York into a series of battlefields; to the seven years of British occupation, during which time Washington and Congress were as determined to regain the city as the British were to hold it. the book, was by far the largest military venture of the Revolutionary War; it involved almost every significant participant in the war on both sides; and there can be little doubt that during it the fate of America hung in the balance. Moreover, the outcome had a direct impact on the major turning points of the rest of the war.
Commemoration of the Battle of Harlem Plains on Its One Hundreth Anniversary by the New York Historical Society
Author: New-York Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776
Author: Henry Phelps JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Josiah
Author: Harry SchenawolfPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692871737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Book 1 in the Shades of Liberty Series that chronicles African Americans who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Harlem Plains Oration Before the New York Historical Society. September 16, 1876
Author: John JayPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385489970
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
New York 1776
Author: David SmithPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782004432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The story of General George Washington and the Continental Army's first major campaign, in a slimm detailed volume. General Sir William Howe's New York campaign gave the British their best chance of destroying the Continental Army and George Washington's resistance to colonial power. Howe succeeded in dividing the Continentals, defeated them on Long Island and forced Washington to retreat to Brooklyn Heights. Under siege there, Washington successfully crossed the East River to Manhattan but soon had to fall back on Harlem Heights. After a few weeks Howe forced the Continentals north to White Plains and defeated them again. However, he allowed Washington to withdraw and preserve his army when a more aggressive pursuit could have ended the war. Instead, with the British army rapidly weakening and facing huge manpower shortages, Washington emerged from a succession of defeats to produce what was ultimately a war-winning strategy. The author provides fascinating insights into a unique campaign in which a string of British victories ultimately led to failure and defeat.
The Battle of Harlem Heights
Author: Ehastus C. BenedictPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368659510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1878.
The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier
Author: Joseph Plumb MartinPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Joseph Plumb Martin (1760 – 1850) was a soldier in the Continental Army and Connecticut Militia during the American Revolutionary War, holding the rank of private for most of the war. His published narrative of his experiences has become a valuable resource for historians in understanding the conditions of a common soldier of that era, as well as the battles in which Martin participated. "My intention is to give a succinct account of some of my adventures, dangers and sufferings during my several campaigns in the revolutionary army." Contents: Campaign of 1776. Campaign of 1777. Campaign of 1778. Campaign of 1779. Campaign of 1780. Campaign of 1781. Campaign of 1782. Campaign of 1783.