Download or read book Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia written by Harvey H. Jackson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lachlan McIntosh (1728-1806) was a prominent Georgia planter, patriarch of his Highland Scots clan in America, and the ranking general from Georgia in the Continental army. Often, however, he is known simply as the man who, in a duel, mortally wounded Button Gwinnett, one of Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence. This biography fleshes out McIntosh considerably and, just as important, uses his life as a springboard for discussing the rapidly shifting political, social, and economic forces at work during a crucial period of Georgia's history.
Download or read book Lachlan McIntosh Papers in the University of Georgia Libraries written by and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lachlan McIntosh Papers documents Georgia’s history during the early Revolutionary War period through the experiences of General Lachlan McIntosh, a prominent Scottish American political and military leader. These papers provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse into political decisions and military movements throughout the first two years of the war. This collection illuminates McIntosh’s instrumental role in the events of the early Revolutionary War period through his correspondence, from reports to new commander in chief George Washington to various letters with other military and political leaders of the time. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Download or read book Lachlan McIntosh written by Thomas Johnson Baker and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Lachlan McIntosh and His Suspension from Continental Command During the Revolution written by Alexander A. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book This Cursed War written by Daniel McDonald Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lachlan McIntosh suffered setbacks to his military strategies and smears to his reputation throughout the American Revolution, all the while worried about the welfare of his wife, children, brothers and sister. Yet he persevered.McIntosh established a string of forts to protect Georgia's southern border, but British, loyalist and Indian opponents overran the forts and raided into Georgia. Plantations belonging to McIntosh families were trampled by British and American troops. When Button Gwinnett arrested Lachlan's younger brother George for treason, Lachlan killed Gwinnett in a duel. Gwinnett's supporters called for Lachlan to be removed from command, and he transferred to George Washington's army. While with Washington, he endured the terrible winter at Valley Forge. Washington then assigned McIntosh command of the Western Department. After the British captured Savannah, McIntosh returned to the South in an unsuccessful attempt to extricate his family from behind enemy lines. His wife and children huddled in basements while artillery bombarded the town. When his wife and children were released after the Siege of Savannah, McIntosh escorted them to the backcountry. He became a prisoner when Charleston fell to British besiegers. His family fled across the South and found refuge in Virginia. Yet Lachlan McIntosh persevered.
Download or read book Land Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia written by Leslie Hall and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the American Revolution in Georgia offers a thorough examination of how landownership issues complicated and challenged colonists’ loyalties. Despite underdevelopment and isolation, eighteenth-century Georgia was an alluring place, for it promised settlers of all social classes the prospect of affordable land--and the status that went with ownership. Then came the Revolution and its many threats to the orderly systems by which property was acquired and protected. As rebel and royal leaders vied for the support of Georgia’s citizens, says Leslie Hall, allegiance became a prime commodity, with property and the preservation of owners’ rights the requisite currency for securing it. As Hall shows, however, the war’s progress in Georgia was indeterminate; in fact, Georgia was the only colony in which British civil government was reestablished during the war. In the face of continued uncertainties--plundering, confiscation, and evacuation--many landowners’ desires for a strong, consistent civil authority ultimately transcended whatever political leanings they might have had. The historical irony here, Hall’s study shows, is that the most successful regime of Georgia’s Revolutionary period was arguably that of royalist governor James Wright. Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia is a revealing study of the self-interest and practical motivations in competition with a period’s idealism and rhetoric.
Download or read book Forty Years of Diversity written by Harvey H. Jackson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays grew out of a symposium commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Georgia. The contributors are authorities in their respective fields and their efforts represent not only the fruits of long careers but also the observations and insights of some of the most promising young scholars. Forty Years of Diversity sheds new light on the social, political, religious, and ethnic diversity of colonial Georgia.
Download or read book The Papers of Lachlan McIntosh 1774 1799 written by Lachlan McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Papers of Lachlan McIntosh 1776 1777 written by Lachlan McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Papers of Lachlan McIntosh 1774 1779 written by Lachlan McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Revolution in Georgia 1763 1789 written by Kenneth Coleman and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Revolution in Georgia explores the political, economic, and social impacts of the American Revolution throughout the state of Georgia. In this detailed historical study, Kenneth Coleman describes the events leading up to the Revolution, the fighting years of war, and the years of readjustment after independence became a reality for the United States. Coleman investigates how these events impacted Georgia’s history forever, from the rise of discontent between 1764 and 1774 to the fighting after the siege in Savannah between 1779 and 1782 and changes in interstate affairs between 1782 to 1789, and more. The American Revolution in Georgia contributes to the complicated history of the American Revolution and its impacts on the South. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Download or read book This Cursed War written by Daniel McDonald Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonfiction narrative account of Continental General Lachlan McIntosh, his brothers and sister, and his wife and children during the American Revolution. While he served in Georgia, Valley Forge, Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh) and South Carolina, his wife and younger children became refugees and wandered the south seeking shelter.
Download or read book Lachlan McIntosh papers in the University of Georgia libraries written by L. McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lachlan McIntosh papers in the University of Georgia Libraries Edited with an introduction by Lilla Mills Hawes written by University of Georgia. Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Savannah in the Old South written by Walter J. Fraser and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging narrative tells the story of Savannah, Georgia, from the hopeful arrival of its first permanent English settlers in 1733 to the uncertainties faced by its Civil War survivors in 1865. Reprint.
Download or read book The History of Georgia Revolutionary epoch written by Charles Colcock Jones (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier written by Edward J. Cashin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2007-02-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Travels, the celebrated 1791 account of the "Old Southwest," William Bartram recorded the natural world he saw around him but, rather incredibly, omitted any reference to the epochal events of the American Revolution. Edward J. Cashin places Bartram in the context of his times and explains his conspicuous avoidance of people, places, and events embroiled in revolutionary fervor. Cashin suggests that while Bartram documented the natural world for plant collector John Fothergill, he wrote Travels for an entirely different audience. Convinced that Providence directed events for the betterment of mankind and that the Constitutional Convention would produce a political model for the rest of the world, Bartram offered Travels as a means of shaping the new country. Cashin illuminates the convictions that motivated Bartram-that if Americans lived in communion with nature, heeded the moral law, and treated the people of the interior with respect, then America would be blessed with greatness.
