Gabriel Purdy
Gabriel Purdy

Author: Clayton C. Purdy

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13:

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Gabriel Purdy (1721-1803) of the 4th generation was the son of Samuel Purdy (1685-1753) of the 3rd generation and (1) Clorinda Penelope Strang, the daughter of Daniel and Charlotte LeMaistre Strang of White Planes, New York. He was Captain of a Loyalist Company. He married Bethia Miller (1728-1809), daughter of Anthony Miller and Hannah Ganung. He moved his family to Annapolis, MD in 1784. They were the parents of eleven children. He died at Digby, Nova Scotia and was buried in the Parish of Clements Cemetery at Clementsport. Several generations of ancestors and descendants are given.

The Philadelphia Campaign
The Philadelphia Campaign

Author: Thomas J. McGuire

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2006-10-27

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0811741265

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This is the first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution. • An in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia. • The compelling account of the fight for the Continental capital, based on surviving accounts of soldiers and civilians "The Philadelphia Campaign is first-rate, an absorbing work of tenacious research and close scholarship. Thomas J. McGuire knows the time of the American Revolution and has been over the ground in and about Philadelphia in a way few writers ever have. But it is his empathy for the human reality of war and the great variety of people caught up in it, whether in the service of the king or the Glorious Cause of America, that makes this book especially alive and memorable." --David McCullough, author of John Adams and 1776

Germantown
Germantown

Author: Michael C. Harris

Publisher: Savas Beatie

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 161121520X

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The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Revolution’s Philadelphia Campaign. Today, Germantown is a busy Philadelphia neighborhood. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital—and the site of one of the American Revolution’s largest battles. Now Michael C. Harris sheds new light on this important action with a captivating historical study. After defeating Washington’s rebel army in the Battle of Brandywine, General Sir William Howe took Philadelphia. But Washington soon returned, launching a surprise attack on the British garrison at Germantown. The recapture of the colonial capital seemed within Washington’s grasp until poor decisions by the American high command led to a clear British victory. With original archival research and a deep knowledge of the terrain, Harris merges the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation into a single compelling account. Complete with original maps, illustrations, and modern photos, and told largely through the words of those who fought there, Germantown is a major contribution to American Revolutionary studies.