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Washington the Soldier

Washington the Soldier

by Henry B. Carrington

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Author
Carrington, Henry B., 1824-1912
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
Category
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eBook-No.
65380
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65380
Release Date
May 19, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Washington the Soldier — WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. 4.PREFACE.
  5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS. — CHAPTER I. EARLY APTITUDES FOR SUCCESS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE FERMENT OF AMERICAN LIBERTY.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE OUTBREAK OF REPRESSED LIBERTY.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. ARMED AMERICA NEEDS A SOLDIER. — Major-Generals. — Brigadier-Generals.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. WASHINGTON IN COMMAND.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. BRITISH CANADA ENTERS THE FIELD OF ACTION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. HOWE SUCCEEDS GAGE.—CLOSING SCENES OF 1775.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. AMERICA AGAINST BRITAIN.—BOSTON TAKEN.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. SYSTEMATIC WAR WITH BRITAIN BEGUN.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. BRITAIN AGAINST AMERICA.—HOWE INVADES NEW YORK.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. WASHINGTON IN NEW YORK.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. WASHINGTON TENDERS, AND HOWE DECLINES, BATTLE.—HARLEM HEIGHTS AND WHITE PLAINS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN.—TRENTON.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN DEVELOPED.—PRINCETON.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE AMERICAN BASE OF OPERATIONS ESTABLISHED.—THE SECOND NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. BRITISH INVASION FROM CANADA.—OPERATIONS ALONG THE HUDSON.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. PENNSYLVANIA INVADED.—BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. WASHINGTON RESUMES THE OFFENSIVE.—BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. JEALOUSY AND GREED DEFEATED.—VALLEY FORGE.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. PHILADELPHIA AND VALLEY FORGE IN WINTER, 1778.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. FROM VALLEY FORGE TO WHITE PLAINS AGAIN.—BATTLE OF MONMOUTH.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE TAKES EFFECT.—SIEGE OF NEWPORT.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. MINOR EVENTS AND GRAVE CONDITIONS, 1779.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. MINOR OPERATIONS OF 1779 CONTINUED.—STONY POINT TAKEN.—NEW ENGLAND RELIEVED.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. SHIFTING SCENES.—TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE.—SAVANNAH.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. THE EVENTFUL YEAR 1780.—NEW JERSEY ONCE MORE INVADED.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD.—ROCHAMBEAU.—ARNOLD.—GATES.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE THEATRE OF WAR.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. THE SOLDIER TRIED.—AMERICAN MUTINY.—FOREIGN Judgment.—ARNOLD’S DEPREDATIONS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1781, OUTLINED.—COWPENS.—GUILFORD COURT-HOUSE.—EUTAW SPRINGS.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. LAFAYETTE IN PURSUIT OF ARNOLD.—THE END IN SIGHT.—ARNOLD IN THE BRITISH ARMY.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. NEW YORK AND YORKTOWN THREATENED.—CORNWALLIS INCLOSED BY LAFAYETTE.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. BRITISH CAPTAINS OUTGENERALED.—WASHINGTON JOINS LAFAYETTE.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE VINDICATED.—WASHINGTON’S MAGNANIMITY.—HIS BENEDICTION.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. WASHINGTON’S PREDICTION REALIZED.—THE ATTITUDE OF AMERICA PRONOUNCED.
  42. 42.APPENDIX A. AMERICAN ARMY, BY STATES.
  43. 43.APPENDIX B. AMERICAN NAVY AND ITS CAREER.
  44. 44.APPENDIX C. COMPARISONS WITH LATER WARS.
  45. 45.APPENDIX D. BRITISH ARMY, AT VARIOUS DATES. — 2. British Army at the Battle of Long Island. — 3. British effective force in America, June 3, 1777. — 4. British effective force in America, March 26, 1778. — 5. Aug. 15, 1778. — 6. May 1, 1779. — 7. December 1, 1779. — 8. British effective force in America, May 1, 1780. — 9. December 1, 1780. — 10. May 1, 1781. — 11. Sept. 1, 1781.
  46. 46.APPENDIX E. ORGANIZATION OF BURGOYNE’S ARMY.
  47. 47.APPENDIX F. ORGANIZATION OF CORNWALLIS’S ARMY.
  48. 48.APPENDIX G. NOTES OF LEE’S COURT-MARTIAL. — FIRST LETTER. — SECOND LETTER. — WASHINGTON’S LETTER IN REPLY.
  49. 49.GLOSSARY OF MILITARY TERMS.
  50. 50.CHRONOLOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

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