The Burgoyne Campaign
The Burgoyne Campaign

Author: J. Watts de Peyster

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9781331874522

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Excerpt from The Burgoyne Campaign: Of July -October, 1777 "Qui n'avance pas, recule!" - Michelet. "Whoever ceases to advance, loses ground." The result of about forty years critical examination of history has led, step by step, to the inevitable conclusion that if "history is philosophy" or experience "teaching by examples," very little is generally known, if at all clearly developed, of the methods by which the great problems of human progress have been solved. A recent writer of ability - or so considered, it is to be supposed, because he is so extensively quoted observes, "The philosophy of history undervalues the work of individual persons. It attributes political and spiritual changes to invisible forces operating in the heart of society, regarding the human actors as no more than ciphers." He is right. Individuals are undervalued. God operates and achieves miracles through individuals, justifying the remark that genius is the manifestation of the direct action of God, Deity, upon men through a man. The great difficulty in arriving at a correct judgment lies in the fact that merit in this world is gauged by success, whereas the greatest merit has, as the rule, been a failure so far as contemporaneous recognition and reward is concerned. Some of the men who have exercised the greatest influence on human progress perished of misery or by re, and their mutilated or charred corpses served, simply, as steps for some audacious charlatan to mount to celebrity and fortune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Saratoga
Saratoga

Author: John F. Luzader

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 9781932714852

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Saratoga weaves together the political, strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of this decisive Revolutionary War campaign. Supported by original maps, engaging appendices, and extensive end notes, Luzader's magisterial study is simply history at its finest--Cover.

Burgoyne's Campaign
Burgoyne's Campaign

Author: John Watts de Peyster

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-21

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9781333303709

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Excerpt from Burgoyne's Campaign: June October, 1777; Justice to Schuyler As soon as the season became favorable for the operations of the campaign, the l'lnglish army under which lay in \'ew York. Embarked. Whilst another army strong, with numbers of Savages. Advancing from 'ianada. Under the orders of (lellel'al burguyne. Moved on Lake Champlain. And oc copied the post oi' 'l'immleroga. 1 then thought the English had perceived their mistake, and that their army was about to occupy the only post which was proper. And when I learned the arrival of lil'lityxlc at Ticonderoga, l believed the Ameri cans to be lost without remedv. I remained a long time in my error. Because so long a delay was requisite to learn what had be come of, the army which had/ been shipped; but. Liming at length understood that it had moved on Philadelphia. (soutlnvard instead of nortlnvard. To co-operate. With the armv li'olll whilst burguyxe advanced from Ticonderoga to Albany, occupying the posts or forts which lav on his route. To assure his ccnnmunications with 'i'icmnleroga and Canada, I predicted the destruction of the English army; and shortly after ward news came that burguynes armv had been obliged to lav down its arms and surrender at Saratoga to the Ameri (ans. Many people on this occasion blamed bi'rgoyne but with the greatest injustice, and without the slightest reason. \s soon as he had ordels to move from 'l'iconderoga upon Ai lmnv, and the Americans had been able to protect the country, (alluding to sclluyler's ruining the navigation of \vood ('reek. Breaking up the roads, telling the Woods, driving 01? The live stock, removing supplies, &c.) - and burgoyne was thus compelled to march through districts extremely difficult, in which he could find no subsistence, his destruction was cer tain, since it was easy for the Americans, when burgoyne was once caught in these wastes. To cut otl' his communications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The British Invasion of Delaware, Aug-Sep 1777
The British Invasion of Delaware, Aug-Sep 1777

Author: Gerald J. Kauffman

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1304287165

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During the American War for Independence in Augustand September, 1777, the British invaded Delaware aspart of an end-run campaign to defeat GeorgeWashington and the Americans and capture the capitalat Philadelphia. For a few short weeks the hills andstreams in and around Newark and Iron Hill and at Cooch's Bridge along the Christina River were the focus of worldhistory as the British marched through the Diamond State between the Chesapeake Bay and Brandywine Creek.This is the story of the British invasion of Delaware,one of the lesser known but critical watershedmoments in American history.

Saratoga
Saratoga

Author: Richard M. Ketchum

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2014-08-26

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 1466879521

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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

Staff Ride Handbook for the Saratoga Campaign, 13 June to 8 November 1777
Staff Ride Handbook for the Saratoga Campaign, 13 June to 8 November 1777

Author: Steven E. Clay

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781940804347

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The Staff Ride Handbook for the Saratoga Campaign systematically analyzes this strategically important Revolutionary War campaign. This handbook is one in a number of works from the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) designed to facilitate staff rides for US Armed Forces personnel. Unlike its predecessors, Saratoga is the first handbook that covers a Revolutionary War campaign. Additionally, this book provides users an opportunity to conduct a staff ride that focuses both on the operational and tactical levels of war but is flexible enough that it can be conducted on one or the other level as well.--Provided by publisher.

1777
1777

Author: John S. Pancake

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1977-06-30

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0817306870

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"A revisionist view of the Revolution's most crucial year... it explodes many of the myths surrounding Burgoyne's Canadian expedition and Howe's Pennsylvania campaign. There is a wealth of fascinating detail in this book, including information on arms and supplies, rations for women camp followers, and even the numbers of carts (30-odd) carrying Burgoyne's luggage." --History Book Club Newsletter

The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming

Author: Rick Atkinson

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2019-05-14

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 1627790446

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Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.