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The Papers of George Washington: October 1776
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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- The Papers of George Washington: October 1776-January 1777 (Volu
- ISBN
- 9780813916484
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813916488
ISBN-13
9780813916484
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102922468
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Papers of George Washington
Publication Year
1996
Subject
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Presidents & Heads of State
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Series
Revolutionary War Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
41.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
87-403730
Dewey Edition
19
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Series Volume Number
7
Volume Number
Vol. 7
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973.3
Synopsis
This volume documents the events of the final phase of the New York campaign and the ensuing New Jersey campaign. The work opens with Washington's withdrawal of most of his army from Manhattan Island and ends with his daring counterstrokes against a Hessian brigade and a British detachment., Volume 7 documents the dramatic events of the New York campaign and the ensuing New Jersey campaign, a seemingly endless string of American reverses and retreats terminated by surprising victories at Trenton and Princeton. The volume opens with Washington's withdrawal of most of his army from Manhattan Island north to White Plains, where on 28 October British and Hessian troops routed the American right wing on Chatterton hill. Although Washington subsequently succeeded in blocking any further British advance to the north, his indecisiveness about ordering the evacuation of Fort Washington, the sole remaining American post on Manhattan Island, led to the disastrous loss of the fort's large garrison and many valuable stores when General Howe's forces overran it on 16 November. After the fall of Fort Lee on the west bank of the Hudson River four days later, Washington began retreating across New Jersey with his rapidly dwindling army. His repeated appeals for reinforcement by local militia and Continental troops remaining in New York fell largely on deaf ears, and in early December Washington was obliged to cross the Delaware River into Pennsylvania, leaving New Jersey in enemy hands. From his Bucks County Headquarters Washington wrote his brother Samuel on 18 December: "If every nerve is not strained to recruit the New Army with all possible Expedition I think the game is pretty near up.... No Man I believe ever had a greater choice of difficulties & less the means of extricating himself than I have--However under a full perswation of the justice of our Cause I cannot but think the prospect will brighten." Washington's optimism was justified by his subsequent actions. His daring counterstrokes against a Hessian brigade at Trenton on 27 December and a British detachment at Princeton on 3 January not only reversed the strategic situation but also turned the tide of political defection that had theatened to engulf the middle states.
LC Classification Number
E312.72 1985
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