Download or read book The Military Services and Public Life of Major General John Sullivan written by Thomas Coffin Amory and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Military Services and Public Life of Major General John Sullivan Etc With a Portrait written by Thomas Coffin AMORY and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journals of the military expedition of major general John Sullivan against the six nations of Indians in 1779 with records of centennial celebrations Prepared by F Cook written by John Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blood of Tyrants written by Logan Beirne and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood of Tyrants reveals the surprising details of our Founding Fathers’ approach to government and this history’s impact on today. Delving into forgotten—and often lurid—facts of the Revolutionary War, Logan Beirne focuses on the nation’s first commander in chief, George Washington, as he shaped the very meaning of the United States Constitution in the heat of battle. Key episodes of the Revolution illustrate how the Founders dealt with thorny wartime issues: How do we protect citizens’ rights when the nation is struggling to defend itself? Who decides war strategy? When should we use military tribunals instead of civilian trials? Should we inflict harsh treatment on enemy captives if it means saving American lives? Beirne finds evidence in previously unexplored documents such as General Washington’s letters debating the use of torture, an eyewitness account of the military tribunal that executed a British prisoner, Founders’ letters warning against government debt, and communications pointing to a power struggle between Washington and the Continental Congress. Vivid stories from the Revolution set the stage for Washington’s pivotal role in the drafting of the Constitution. The Founders saw the first American commander in chief as the template for all future presidents: a leader who would fiercely defend Americans’ rights and liberties against all forms of aggression. Pulling the reader directly into dramatic scenes from history, Blood of Tyrants fills a void in our understanding of the presidency and our ingenious Founders’ pragmatic approach to issues we still face today.
Download or read book Gen John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island written by Thomas Hamilton Murray and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standing in Their Own Light written by Judith L. Van Buskirk and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight for the liberty of African Americans, thousands of whom fought in the Continental Army. Because these veterans left few letters or diaries, their story has remained largely untold, and the significance of their service largely unappreciated. Standing in Their Own Light restores these African American patriots to their rightful place in the historical struggle for independence and the end of racial oppression. Revolutionary era African Americans began their lives in a world that hardly questioned slavery; they finished their days in a world that increasingly contested the existence of the institution. Judith L. Van Buskirk traces this shift to the wartime experiences of African Americans. Mining firsthand sources that include black veterans’ pension files, Van Buskirk examines how the struggle for independence moved from the battlefield to the courthouse—and how personal conflicts contributed to the larger struggle against slavery and legal inequality. Black veterans claimed an American identity based on their willing sacrifice on behalf of American independence. And abolitionists, citing the contributions of black soldiers, adopted the tactics and rhetoric of revolution, personal autonomy, and freedom. Van Buskirk deftly places her findings in the changing context of the time. She notes the varied conditions of slavery before the war, the different degrees of racial integration across the Continental Army, and the war’s divergent effects on both northern and southern states. Her efforts retrieve black patriots’ experiences from historical obscurity and reveal their importance in the fight for equal rights—even though it would take another war to end slavery in the United States.
Download or read book General Index to the American Statesmen Series written by Theodore Clarke Smith and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Index to the American Statesmen Series with a Selected Bibliography written by Theodore Clarke Smith and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early State Papers of New Hampshire written by Albert Stillman Batchellor and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Provincial Papers Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire written by New Hampshire and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Provincial and State Papers written by New Hampshire and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Statesmen General index written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Statesmen General index Epitome of United States history written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Northern Theater Army in 1776 written by Douglas R. Cubbison and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American War for Independence was under way before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but the Continental Army didn't have the force to back up the words. This history explores the army's early failures in Canada, with desertion and disease common among the ranks, and how new leadership disciplined and reorganized the army and set the stage for a key victory at Saratoga in 1777.
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.
Download or read book The New England Historical Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ersatz America written by Rebecca Mark and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the popular legend of Pocahontas to the Civil War soap opera Gone with the Wind to countless sculpted heads of George Washington that adorn homes and museums, whole industries have emerged to feed America’s addiction to imaginary histories that cover up the often violent acts of building a homogeneous nation. In Ersatz America, Rebecca Mark shows how this four-hundred-year-old obsession with false history has wounded democracy by creating language that is severed from material reality. Without the mediating touchstones of body and nature, creative representations of our history have been allowed to spin into dangerous abstraction. Other scholars have addressed the artificial qualities of the collective American memory, but what distinguishes Ersatz America is that it does more than simply deconstruct--it provides a map for regeneration. Mark contends that throughout American history, citizen artists have responded to the deadly memorialization of the past with artistic expressions and visual artifacts that exist outside the realm of official language, creating a counter narrative. These examples of what she calls visceral graphism are embodied in and connected to the human experience of indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans, and silenced women, giving form to the unspeakable. We must learn, Mark suggests, to read the markings of these works against the iconic national myths. In doing so, we can shift from being mesmerized by the monumentalism of this national mirage to embracing the regeneration and recovery of our human history.
