Download or read book McKean s Sunday School Boys Go to War written by David Handy and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After personally witnessing the devastating rout of the Yankee army at Bull Run, Congressman and devout Methodist James B. McKean, hailing from Saratoga Springs, New York, the site of the turning point Revolutionary battle at Bemis Heights, issued a circular from his residence calling for the formation of a battalion which became known as the 77th New York Bemis Heights Battalion. 1,000 men from Saratoga, Essex, and Fulton counties answered McKean's call to arms. 286 brave men gave their lives for the Union as the Bemis Heights Battalion fought alongside the Army of the Potomac from Lee's Mills April 1862 to Appomattox 1865. The story of the New York volunteers' experience in the Great Rebellion is told through their eyes, utilizing 300 soldier letters, diaries, and local newspaper accounts of their part in the Civil War.
Download or read book McKean s Sunday School Boys Go to War written by David Allen Handy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bemis Heights Battalion written by Survivors of the 77th regiment New York volunteers and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bemis Heights Battalion Annual Reunion of the Seventy seventh Survivors written by Survivors' Association of the Seventy-seventh Regiment, New York State Infantry Volunteers. Reunion and published by . This book was released on 1895* with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reunion of Bemis Heights Battalion 77th Foot Regiment N Y S Vols at Schuylerville Sept 17 written by Survivors' Association of the Seventy-seventh Regiment, New York State Infantry Volunteers. Reunion and published by . This book was released on 1902* with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reunion of Bemis Heights Battalion 77th Foot Regiment N Y S Vols at Schuylerville Sept 17 written by Survivors of the 77th regiment New York volunteers and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decision on the Hudson written by John F. Luzader and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saratoga written by Richard M. Ketchum and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Richard M. Ketchum's Saratoga vividly details the turning point in America's Revolutionary War. In the summer of 1777 (twelve months after the Declaration of Independence) the British launched an invasion from Canada under General John Burgoyne. It was the campaign that was supposed to the rebellion, but it resulted in a series of battles that changed America's history and that of the world. Stirring narrative history, skillfully told through the perspective of those who fought in the campaign, Saratoga brings to life as never before the inspiring story of Americans who did their utmost in what seemed a lost cause, achieving what proved to be the crucial victory of the Revolution. A New York Times Notable Book, 1997 Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Award, 1997
Download or read book 1777 written by Dean Snow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the Americans exploited access to fresh reinforcements of men and materiel, and ultimately handed the British a stunning defeat. The American victory, for the first time in the war, confirmed that independence from Great Britain was all but inevitable. Assimilating the archaeological remains from the battlefield along with the many letters, journals, and memoirs of the men and women in both camps, Dean Snow's 1777 provides a richly detailed narrative of the two battles fought at Saratoga over the course of thirty-three tense and bloody days. While the contrasting personalities of Gates and Burgoyne are well known, they are but two of the many actors who make up the larger drama of Saratoga. Snow highlights famous and obscure participants alike, from the brave but now notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold to Frederika von Riedesel, the wife of a British major general who later wrote an important eyewitness account of the battles. Snow, an archaeologist who excavated on the Saratoga battlefield, combines a vivid sense of time and place — with details on weather, terrain, and technology — and a keen understanding of the adversaries' motivations, challenges, and heroism into a suspenseful, novel-like account. A must-read for anyone with an interest in American history, 1777 is an intimate retelling of the campaign that tipped the balance in the American War of Independence.
Download or read book Three Years in the Sixth Corps written by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens A NEW REGIMENT GOES TO THE WAR. Organization of the Seventy-seventh N. Y. V.-Departure from Saratoga-Greetings by the way-New emotions-The noble dead-On board the Knickerbocker-At New York-Presentation of flags-Beauties of monopoly-Hospitality of Philadelphia-Incidents on the route-Arrival at Washington-In camp. Our regiment was organized at Saratoga Springs, the historic scene of the battle of Bemis Heights and the surrender of Burgoyne-hence its name, "The Bemis Heights Battalion." Hon. Jas. B. McKean, then member of congress, a gentleman of well known patriotism, was made our Colonel. We left our rendezvous on the 26th of November, 1861, Thanksgiving day, having been mustered into the United States service three days before. As the long train of cars bore us from the station at Saratoga Springs, the thousands who had gathered to witness our departure united in cheer after cheer until all the groves and vales of that charming resort rang with the echoes of the tumultuous shouting. The thousand brave fellows, who were about to try the stern realities of war, were by no means backward in replying to these hearty expressions of good wishes. Long after we had lost sight of the lovely village, the shouts of the multitude could be heard and the hills rang again with the responding cheers of those in the cars. At each station, as we passed, crowds of people pressed to greet us, and loud and long were the cheers that bade us "God speed." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book The Burgoyne Campaign Bemis Heights and Saratoga Oriskany and Bennington Hauver Island and its Fortifications written by Henry Clay Maine and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Download or read book The Compleat Victory written by Kevin J. Weddle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany. When British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga with unexpected ease in July of 1777, it looked as if it was a matter of time before they would break the rebellion in the North. Less than three and a half months later, however, a combination of the Continental Army and Militia forces, commanded by Major General Horatio Gates and inspired by the heroics of Benedict Arnold, forced Burgoyne to surrender his entire army. The American victory stunned the world and changed the course of the war. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most authoritative history of the Battle of Saratoga to date, explaining with verve and clarity why events unfolded the way they did. In the end, British plans were undone by a combination of distance, geography, logistics, and an underestimation of American leadership and fighting ability. Taking Ticonderoga had misled Burgoyne and his army into thinking victory was assured. Saratoga, which began as a British foraging expedition, turned into a rout. The outcome forced the British to rethink their strategy, inflamed public opinion in England against the war, boosted Patriot morale, and, perhaps most critical of all, led directly to the Franco-American alliance. Weddle unravels the web of contingencies and the play of personalities that ultimately led to what one American general called "the Compleat Victory."
Download or read book History of Their Reunion written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Burgoyne Campaign written by Henry Clay Maine and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Burgoyne Campaign written by John Austin Stevens and published by New York : A.D.F. Randolph. This book was released on 1877 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This commemorative address was given at the site of Bemis Heights, part of the earlier battles of Long Island. These battles, as well as Burgoyne's loss at Saratoga, all fall under the campaign named for him. The address includes an overview of the entire Burgoyne campaign, including troop numbers and movements.
Download or read book 77th New York Volunteers written by Robert F. Morrow and published by White Mane Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unit was formed within the 15th Congressional District of New York by Congressman James B. McKean. It included men from Essex, Fulton, and Saratoga Counties.
Download or read book An Original Compiled and Corrected Account of Burgoyne s Campaign written by Charles Neilson and published by Albany : J. Munsell. This book was released on 1844 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
