Download or read book Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia written by Jeffery M. Dorwart and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is a rare achievement for a historian to match his account of the history of a major site in terms of its original significance with an equally good study of the site as the subject of historic preservation."--Russell F. Weigley

Download or read book Fort Mercer and Fort Mifflin written by Gregory Michael Browne and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Forty Minutes by the Delaware written by Lee P. Anderson and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 1777, things looked dark for the fledgling country known as the United States of America fighting for Independence. The young and inexperienced Continental soldiers had fought bravely, but ineffectively against the British and their allies the Hessians. The enemy had captured Philadelphia and the powerful British navy flotilla, loaded with troops and supplies was making it's way up the Delaware to bring much needed relief to the beleaguered population of the capital city. But General Washington had vowed, "The enemy may have taken Philadelphia. But now let them hold it. It may in fact become their downfall." The plans were to erect a series of three river fortifications to defend against the British navy from proceeding to Philadelphia. One of those forts, manned by only 575 men would have to face the onslaught of overwhelming odds. The fort, no more than earth and wood would see some of the most vicious fighting yet seen in the Revolutionary War. The battle would take a mere 40 minutes at a fort on the Delaware River on a Quaker farmers plantation called Red Bank. A fort called Mercer.

Download or read book Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution April 1775 to December 1783 written by Francis Bernard Heitman and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Orderly book of the Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot May 10 to August 16 1777 written by United States. Continental Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 13th (1777-1778) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Philadelphia Campaign written by Thomas J. McGuire and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007-05-21 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on soldiers' and civilians' vivid accounts--many uncovered for the first time from private collections--the story of the compelling fight for independence reaches its most desperate moments. This second in a two-volume set follows the saga from Cornwallis's triumphal march of his British and Hessian troops into Philadelphia in late September to Washington's movement of the weary Continental forces to camp at Valley Forge in December. Defeated at Brandywine, the Continental forces were worn out and ill equipped. Yet on October 4, Washington embarked on his first major offensive of the war--a surprise attack at dawn on Howe's main camp at Germantown. Only narrowly defeated, the Continentals gained valuable experience and new confidence in the possibility of victory. The seige of the Delaware River forts--one of the bloodiest and prolonged battles of the war--ended with British success in mid-November, but still Howe failed to end the war. He tried unsuccessfully to draw Washington from the fortified hills of Whitemarsh. As the Continental forces moved to Valley Forge for the winter, they would have to face their greatest challenge--survival.

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