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Author | : Richard Borkow |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2011-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625842139 |
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A look at Westchester County’s place in the American Revolution and Washington’s plan to trick Cornwallis and march to Yorktown. During the summer of 1781, the armies of Generals Washington and Rochambeau were encamped in lower Westchester County at Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Edgemont, and White Plains. It was a time of military deadlock and grim prospects for the allied Americans and French. Washington recognized that a decisive victory was needed, or America would never achieve independence. In August, he marched these soldiers to Virginia to face General Cornwallis and his redcoats. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies. Local historian Richard Borkow presents this exciting story of the Westchester encampment and Washington’s great gamble that saved the United States. Praise for George Washington’s Westchester Gamble “Borkow has done a first-rate job of telling the story of the American Revolution in Westchester County and putting dramatic events there in the context of the larger war--especially the decision to march to Yorktown.” —Thomas Fleming, author of The Perils of Peace “Just when it seemed that the subject of the American Revolution had been thoroughly explored, Richard Borkow has given us a fresh look at the war's culminating event—the 1781 march of French and American troops to Virginia.” —Joseph Wheelan, author of Jefferson’s War and Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade
Author | : John Stevens Cabot Abbott |
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Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1917 |
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Release | : 2012 |
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ISBN | : 9780813933221 |
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Author | : Candice F. Ransom |
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Release | : 2002-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780613523851 |
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Describes the life and accomplishments of the first president of the United States.
Author | : United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission |
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Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Pageants |
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Author | : Richard F. Welch |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2014-03-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786479639 |
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The multi-faceted Revolutionary War career of Benjamin Tallmadge included operations as a dragoon commander, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer, and master of combined land-sea operations. Tallmadge fought in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Germantown, and defended the Patriot population in the no-man's-land of Westchester County against British and Tory raiders. After Washington rewarded him with his own legion, he unleashed bold raids on British-occupied Long Island from his bases in Connecticut. All the while, he ran Washington's most active espionage ring in New York and Long Island. Reversing roles, he played a key role in foiling Benedict Arnold's plot to betray the American stronghold of West Point to the British. Tallmadge's Revolutionary service graphically illuminates the struggle in the region that witnessed the most continuous, relentless, often pitiless, fighting of the struggle. In particular, this book describes the internecine quality of the fighting in politically-divided Long Island and Westchester, and details how the struggle continued without let-up even after Yorktown. Though Tallmadge's fascinating post-war career receives careful attention, the book focuses on his Revolutionary War service.
Author | : George Washington |
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Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Download The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William Scudder Stryker |
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Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1898 |
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Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : George Washington |
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Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1925 |
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