Crossroads of Freedom: The American Revolution and the Rise of a New NationRutgers University Press, 1971 - 290 páginas The author recaptures the glory of that age when the American colonies reached toward military victory. His book covers the entire complex campaign from Fort Washington to Trenton and Princeton, Morristown to Monomouth, ending with the battle of Springfield and the defeat of the British in the last serious military operation in New Jersey. It relates the siege of Trenton and Valley Forge, the arrest of Howe's advance on Philadelphia, and the defense of the forts on the Delaware, and the bitter winter at Morristown. |
Contenido
Spring 1778 | 135 |
June 1778 | 145 |
June 1778 | 155 |
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Términos y frases comunes
American arms army Arnold artillery attack battle Battle of Monmouth bayonet Benedict Arnold Boston Bound Brook bridge brigades British Brunswick Burgoyne Cadwalader cannon CHAPTER Charles Lee colonies command Commander-in-Chief Congress Connecticut Continental Conway Cornwallis crossing Declaration Delaware Donop encampment enemy Ferry fighting fire forces Fort Lee Fort Mercer fought Freehold French George Governor guard guns Henry Clinton Hessians Hill horse House Howe's Hudson Indian ington Jersey Jockey Hollow John Joseph Plumb Martin killed Knyphausen Lafayette Lee's Lieutenant Colonel Lord Stirling Loyalist Mercer Mifflin miles military militia Monmouth morning Morris Morristown moved musket Nathanael Greene night officers op cit patriot Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pluckemin Princeton Rall Raritan Rebels regiment retreat Revolution Rhode Island river road Scheer-Rankin Sir Henry soldiers Springfield Staten Island Steuben Surgeon Tavern Thacher told Tories Trenton troops Valley Forge Virginia Wash Washington wrote Wayne William winter wounded WW-f York
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Red Dawn at Lexington: "If They Mean to Have a War, Let it Begin Here!" Louis Birnbaum Vista de fragmentos - 1986 |