Legends of the American Revolution
Author | : George Lippard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 962 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Lippard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 962 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert K. Wright |
Publisher | : Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Mark Edward Lender |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781594164194 |
The First Comprehensive Historical Investigation into the Conway Cabal, the Attempt to Remove George Washington from Command In the spring of 1778, General George Washington wrote to his friend Landon Carter about a rumored "disposition in the Northern Officers to see me superceded in my Command." This was as candid a statement as the general ever made about the so-called "Conway Cabal" of patriot officers and politicians critical of his leadership. Most early historians of the Revolution took the threat to Washington seriously, but by the mid-twentieth century interpretations had reversed, with the plot--if one existed--posing no real danger to the commander-in-chief. Yet, as historian Mark Edward Lender reveals in his compelling Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, clues found in original new research provide a more comprehensive understanding of the personalities and political maneuverings of those involved in the Cabal, and the real nature of the challenge to Washington. Rather than the "classic Cabal" of Generals Horatio Gates, Thomas Mifflin, and Thomas Conway in a plot to remove Washington quickly, the threat to Washington's command was a gradual administrative attempt by the Board of War and political allies to take over the war effort. Reorganized in late 1777 under the leadership of Mifflin, with Gates assuming the board presidency in January 1778, the Board of War sought authority to determine military policy and strategic goals, all training, organizational, personnel, and logistical functions, and even the assignment of theater commanders. Had they succeeded, Washington's title of commander-in-chief would have been utterly hollow. The Cabal tested Washington as few other things did during the war and perhaps tempered him into the man we remember today. Washington adroitly navigated the challenges to his leadership, meeting and defeating every attempt to curtail his authority. His response revealed a leadership style that saw him safely through the war, and gave him overwhelming support from his countrymen to become their first president.
Author | : George Lippard |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1876-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0271045655 |
Published posthumously on the occasion of America's centennial celebration, George Lippard's Washington and His Generals, &“1776&” compiles into a single volume his five popular books of Revolutionary-era historical fiction. The first book, &“The Battle-Day of Germantown,&” features Lippard's hometown and George Washington's intricate and ultimately overcomplicated assault on the British during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolution.&“The Wissahikon,&” the second book, depicts the defecting of a Tory to the rebel cause after witnessing General William Howe's failed attempt to bribe a pious George Washington following the British capture of Philadelphia. In &“Benedict Arnold,&” the infamous treachery of the treasonous Continental Army general is the subject. With &“The Battle of the Brandywine,&” Lippard recounts the American despair over the September 11, 1777, battle that drove back the Continental forces, leaving the capital in Philadelphia under British occupation. The collection ends with the fifth book, &“The Fourth of July, 1776,&” his imagined version of the day that inspired most of Lippard's patriotic writing. It includes the often quoted &"Speech of the Unknown&" given by an anonymous revolutionary, which in the book provided the final impetus for the delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Author | : George Lippard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Buchanan |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2008-04-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0470318244 |
Acclaim for The Road to Valley Forge "Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men." -Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty!: The American Revolution "The Road to Valley Forge is an effective operational history, clearly written, judicious in its judgments and based on a careful look at the war from both sides." -Jeremy Black, author of War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775--1783 "John Buchanan skillfully guides us through 1776 and 1777, the two most critical years of the Revolutionary War for George Washington as commander in chief. With a gift for finding the apt quotation and the telling anecdote, the author traces the growth of Washington as a commanding general and the professional development of the Continental Army." -Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Road to Valley Forge tells the whole story of Washington's growth from inexperienced backwoods general to true Commander in Chief of a professional fighting force. This warts-and-all portrait of America's greatest hero reveals a courageous and intelligent man struggling desperately to learn from his mistakes, forge a motley assortment of militiamen into a real army, and demonstrate to all of his fellow Americans that they could, indeed, become masters of their own destiny.
Author | : George Lippard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Lippard |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2024-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385496004 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author | : Rufus Wilmot Griswold |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : Generals |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George 1822-1854 Lippard |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2016-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781373680723 |
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