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Book Memoirs  and Letters and Journals  of Major General Riedesel During His Residence in America   Translated from the Original German of Max Von Eelking

Download or read book Memoirs and Letters and Journals of Major General Riedesel During His Residence in America Translated from the Original German of Max Von Eelking written by William Leete Stone and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Memoirs and Letters and Journals of Major General Riedesel During His Residence in America  2

Download or read book Memoirs and Letters and Journals of Major General Riedesel During His Residence in America 2 written by Max Von Eelking and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling book brings to life the experiences of Major General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, a German officer who fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution. Drawing on Riedesel's personal letters, journals, and memoirs, as well as contemporary accounts and official military documents, the book provides a fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a high-ranking military officer during the turbulent years of the Revolution. With its wealth of historical detail and engaging prose style, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of the American Revolution or the experiences of soldiers in wartime. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Captives of Liberty

    Book Details:
  • Author : T. Cole Jones
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2019-11-15
  • ISBN : 0812251695
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Captives of Liberty written by T. Cole Jones and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners, both tacitly condoned and at times officially sanctioned, proliferated. Meanwhile, more than seventeen thousand British and allied soldiers fell into American hands during the Revolution. For a fledgling nation that could barely afford to keep an army in the field, the issue of how to manage prisoners of war was daunting. Captives of Liberty examines how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war, and how this influenced the wider social and political legacies of the Revolution. When the struggle began, according to T. Cole Jones, revolutionary leadership strove to conduct the war according to the prevailing European customs of military conduct, which emphasized restricting violence to the battlefield and treating prisoners humanely. However, this vision of restrained war did not last long. As the British denied customary protections to their American captives, the revolutionary leadership wasted no time in capitalizing on the prisoners' ordeals for propagandistic purposes. Enraged, ordinary Americans began to demand vengeance, and they viewed British soldiers and their German and Native American auxiliaries as appropriate targets. This cycle of violence spiraled out of control, transforming the struggle for colonial independence into a revolutionary war. In illuminating this history, Jones contends that the violence of the Revolutionary War had a profound impact on the character and consequences of the American Revolution. Captives of Liberty not only provides the first comprehensive analysis of revolutionary American treatment of enemy prisoners but also reveals the relationship between America's political revolution and the war waged to secure it.

Book A Bibliography of Virginia

Download or read book A Bibliography of Virginia written by Earl Gregg Swem and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the Virginia State Library

Download or read book Bulletin of the Virginia State Library written by Virginia State Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The war of the American Revolution

Download or read book The war of the American Revolution written by Robert W. Coakley and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The War of the American Revolution

Download or read book The War of the American Revolution written by Robert W. Coakley and published by Defense Department. This book was released on 1975 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The War of the American Revolution   Bicentennial Publication

Download or read book The War of the American Revolution Bicentennial Publication written by United States. Military History Office and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report Concerning Canadian Archives

Download or read book Report Concerning Canadian Archives written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colonial America and the War for Independence

Download or read book Colonial America and the War for Independence written by US Army Military History Research Collection and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr  Thomas W  Field to be Sold at Auction  by Bangs  Merwin   Co   May 24th  1875  and Following Days

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr Thomas W Field to be Sold at Auction by Bangs Merwin Co May 24th 1875 and Following Days written by Thomas Warren Field and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr  Thomas W  Field

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr Thomas W Field written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-14 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Book Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr  Thomas W  Field

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr Thomas W Field written by Thomas Warren Field and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Continental Army

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert K. Wright
  • Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book The Continental Army written by Robert K. Wright and published by Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army. This book was released on 1983 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Sweet Land of Liberty

Download or read book Sweet Land of Liberty written by Francis S. Fox and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often said that the American Revolution was a conservative revolution, but in many parts of the British colonies the Revolution was anything but conservative. This book follows the Revolution in Pennsylvania's backcountry through the experiences of eighteen men and women who lived in Northampton County during these years of turmoil. Fox's account will startle many readers for whom the Revolution symbolizes the high-minded pursuit of liberty. In 1774, Northampton County was the second largest of Pennsylvania's eleven counties, comprising more than 2,500 square miles, three towns (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton), and some 15,000 people. When the Revolution broke out, militias took control. Frontier justice replaced the rule of law as zealous patriots preoccupied themselves not with fighting the British but with seizing local political power and persecuting their pacifist neighbors. Sweet Land of Liberty reawakens the Revolution in Northampton County with sketches of men and women caught up in it. Seldom is this story told from the vantage point of common folks, let alone those in the backcountry. In Fox's hands, we see in these individuals an altogether more disturbing Revolution than we have ever reckoned with before.