Download or read book Battle of White Plains The Washington and Howe in Westchester written by Stephen Paul DeVillo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's Harrowing Escape from the Hudson Valley In October 1776 central Westchester witnessed a critical episode in the early campaign of George Washington's ragtag Continental Army and its quest for American independence. Often overlooked as just an interval between the disastrous Battle of Brooklyn and victory at Trenton, the Battle of White Plains showcased Washington's sly strategy of perseverance. Poor decision making and ignorance of the area's hilly terrain among British leadership gave the patriot army a chance to secure a path to safety despite being on the run and outmanned. Though British General Howe claimed victory, the battle's lessons informed Washington's cat and mouse strategy that ultimately brought success later in the war. Author Stephen Paul DeVillo presents just how close the American cause for independence came to being extinguished at the Battle of White Plains.
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains written by Arthur A. Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Battle of White Plains written by Arthur A. Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1976-06-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Battle of White Plains written by Stephen Paul Devillo and published by History Press. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's Harrowing Escape from the Hudson Valley In October 1776 central Westchester witnessed a critical episode in the early campaign of George Washington's ragtag Continental Army and its quest for American independence. Often overlooked as just an interval between the disastrous Battle of Brooklyn and victory at Trenton, the Battle of White Plains showcased Washington's sly strategy of perseverance. Poor decision making and ignorance of the area's hilly terrain among British leadership gave the patriot army a chance to secure a path to safety despite being on the run and outmanned. Though British General Howe claimed victory, the battle's lessons informed Washington's cat and mouse strategy that ultimately brought success later in the war. Author Stephen Paul DeVillo presents just how close the American cause for independence came to being extinguished at the Battle of White Plains.
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains written by Herbert Reed and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle for New York written by Barnet Schecter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2003 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains October 28 1776 written by White Plains Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains written by Renoda Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 1976* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains written by Stephanie Spedaliere and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Plains in the 20th Century written by Ben Himmelfarb and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Plains in the 20th Century explores the community's growth as the county seat of Westchester through historic images that span a century. White Plains, located about 25 miles north of New York City, is the county seat of Westchester County and the birthplace of New York State. Its central location in Westchester made White Plains the hub of 18th-century stagecoach roads that ran from New York City to upstate New York and Connecticut. After the Revolutionary War and a famous battle, White Plains continued to grow into a large village connected to the city by train; its population exploded in the first decade of the 20th century thanks to European immigrants. In the 1920s, the population grew again, with professionals and commuters filling the new house and apartment developments created during a real estate boom. The city's last growth spurt was during the post-World War II baby boom, when urban renewal transformed the city into an imposing urban landscape. Through it all, White Plains has been a city with a diverse population in an affluent suburban county with strong governmental, business, educational, cultural, and commercial institutions.
Download or read book Poverty and Patriotism of the Neutral Grounds written by John Cornelius Leon Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains with Maps and Chronology written by Arthur A. Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Antietam National Battlefield written by Kevin R. Pawlak and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 110,000 soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies fought along the banks of Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. In 12 hours of fighting, approximately 23,000 men fell, either killed, wounded, or missing, forever scarring the landscape around the town of Sharpsburg. Established as the Antietam Battlefield Site in 1890, Antietam National Battlefield became a National Park Service landmark in 1933. The park grew from 33 acres in the 1890s to encompassing over 3,000 acres today. Some of the Civil War's most recognizable landmarks now sit within its boundaries, including Dunker Church, Bloody Lane, and Burnside Bridge. The events that occurred across the fields and woodlots around Sharpsburg and along Antietam Creek bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Antietam National Battlefield every year.
Download or read book The Battle of White Plains Their Sacrifice Our Heritage written by Renoda Hoffman and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom Journey written by Edythe Ann Quinn and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through wonderfully detailed letters, recruit rosters, and pension records, Edythe Ann Quinn shares the story of thirty-five African American Civil War soldiers and the United States Colored Troop (USCT) regiments with which they served. Associated with The Hills community in Westchester County, New York, the soldiers served in three regiments: the 29th Connecticut Infantry, 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (11th USCT), and the 20th USCT. The thirty-sixth Hills man served in the Navy. Their ties to family, land, church, school, and occupational experiences at home buffered the brutal indifference of boredom and battle, the ravages of illness, the deprivations of unequal pay, and the hostility of some commissioned officers and white troops. At the same time, their service among kith and kin bolstered their determination and pride. They marched together, first as raw recruits, and finally as seasoned veterans, welcomed home by generals, politicians, and above all, their families and friends.
Download or read book The World War History of the City of White Plains 1917 1918 written by Louisa C. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier written by Joseph Plumb Martin and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
