Full Description
Here is the American Revolution, the epic struggle that brought forth a new nation, told in a great measure by those who fought and lived it: major figures like Washington, Revere, Franklin and many others heretofore unknown. This is a document of the first great war of principle as it felt and sounded to those who were there, making history.
Contents
* Introduction * Lexington, April 19, 1775 * Concord, April 19, 1775 * Cambridge Camp and Ticonderoga, AprilMay 1775 * Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 * America Finds a General, MayJune 1775 * Washington Takes Command, Summer 1775 * The British in Boston, Summer-Fall 1775 * Victory at Boston, Winter 1775Spring 1776 * Quebec, JulyNovember 1775 * Quebec, November 1775June 1776 * Sullivans Island, June 29, 1776 * New York, AprilAugust 1776 * Long Island, August 2229, 1776 * New York and Harlem Heights, AugustSeptember 1776 * White Plains and the Hudson River Forts, AugustNovember 1776 * The New Jersey Campaign, November 1776January 1777 * The Second New Jersey Campaign, JanuaryJune 1777 * Brandywine, September 11, 1777 * Germantown, October 4, 1777 * Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne Opens His Campaign, Summer 1777 * Bennington, August 16, 1777 * Saratoga, SeptemberOctober 1777 * Valley Forge and the Conway Cabal, Winter 17771778 * Training at Valley Forge, Spring 1778 * The British in Philadelphia, Winter 1777Spring 1778 * Valley Forge to Monmouth, MayJune 1778 * Newport, Summer 1778 * War in the Indian Country, 17781779 * Winter and Stony Point, Winter 1778Summer 1779 * Morristown, Winter 17791780 * Benedict Arnold, Autumn 1780 * The South, 17781780 * Camden, August 16, 1780 * Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780 * Cowpens, January 17, 1781 * The Race to the Dan, JanuaryFebruary 1781 * Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781 * Greene in South Carolina, April 1781December 1782 * The Virginia Campaign, MayAugust 1781 * Yorktown, SeptemberOctober 1781 * The Last Days, 17821783
