Revolutionary War Sites in Maine
Author: Maine Historic Preservation Commission
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Published: 1976*
Total Pages: 8
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Author: Maine Historic Preservation Commission
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Published: 1976*
Total Pages: 8
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Theodore Parker Burbank
Publisher: Parker Nelson Publishing
Published: 2017-05-29
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781935616177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the American Revolutionary War Battle to prevent British creation of New Ireland in Maine
Author: Edwin A. Churchill
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2010-09-28
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 006196963X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA novel of the Revolutionary War.
Author: Nathan Goold
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: 2009-05
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781104531133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: Samuel Sydney Bradford
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Published: 1976
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Cecere
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Published: 2012-12
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780788451744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaine's role in the American Revolution has traditionally been obscured by the fact that it was part of Massachusetts during the conflict and did not become a state in its own right until 1820. Thousands of men from what is now Maine served in the Revolutionary War, but they did so alongside men from Massachusetts and in units identified as Massachusetts regiments. Together these men fought in nearly every key engagement of the war, including: the siege of Boston, invasion of Canada, and defense of New York in 1775-76, and the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Hubbardton, Saratoga, Monmouth, Rhode Island, Newtown, Stony Point, and finally, Yorktown. Although much of Maine's contribution to the Revolutionary War occurred outside its borders, significant events like the seizure of the Margaretta in Machias, and the British destruction of Falmouth (Portland), brought the war home to Maine. Benedict Arnold's epic 1775 march to Quebec and the ill fated Penobscot expedition of 1779 were also significant events that occurred in Maine. The service and sacrifice of Maine's Revolutionary patriots has been overlooked for far too long and is the focus of this book.
Author: Nancy Klimavicz Battick
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: René Chartrand
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-06-16
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1472814479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough primarily fought in the field, the American Revolution saw fortifications play an important part in some of the key campaigns of the war. Field fortifications were developed around major towns including Boston, New York and Savannah, while the frontier forts at Stanwix, Niagara and Cumberland were to all be touched by the war. This book details all the types of fortification used throughout the conflict, the engineers on all sides who constructed and maintained them, and the actions fought around and over them.
Author: David Hackett Fischer
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780195088472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what led up to it, what really happened, and what followed--uncovering a truth far more remarkable than the myths of tradition. In Paul Revere's Ride, David Hackett Fischer fashions an exciting narrative that offers deep insight into the outbreak of revolution and the emergence of the American republic. Beginning in the years before the eruption of war, Fischer illuminates the figure of Paul Revere, a man far more complex than the simple artisan and messenger of tradition. Revere ranged widely through the complex world of Boston's revolutionary movement--from organizing local mechanics to mingling with the likes of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. When the fateful night arrived, more than sixty men and women joined him on his task of alarm--an operation Revere himself helped to organize and set in motion. Fischer recreates Revere's capture that night, showing how it had an important impact on the events that followed. He had an uncanny gift for being at the center of events, and the author follows him to Lexington Green--setting the stage for a fresh interpretation of the battle that began the war. Drawing on intensive new research, Fischer reveals a clash very different from both patriotic and iconoclastic myths. The local militia were elaborately organized and intelligently led, in a manner that had deep roots in New England. On the morning of April 19, they fought in fixed positions and close formation, twice breaking the British regulars. In the afternoon, the American officers switched tactics, forging a ring of fire around the retreating enemy which they maintained for several hours--an extraordinary feat of combat leadership. In the days that followed, Paul Revere led a new battle-- for public opinion--which proved even more decisive than the fighting itself. ] When the alarm-riders of April 18 took to the streets, they did not cry, "the British are coming," for most of them still believed they were British. Within a day, many began to think differently. For George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine, the news of Lexington was their revolutionary Rubicon. Paul Revere's Ride returns Paul Revere to center stage in these critical events, capturing both the drama and the underlying developments in a triumphant return to narrative history at its finest.