Overview

The American War for Independence was under way before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but the Continental Army didn't have the force to back up the words. This history explores the army's early failures in Canada, with desertion and disease common among the ranks, and how new leadership disciplined and reorganized the army and set the stage for a key victory at Saratoga in 1777.

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Author:   Douglas R. Cubbison
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9780786445646

ISBN 10:   0786445645
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   25 January 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface. “A Desperate Rush Which Cost Too Many Brave Men” : Assault on Quebec, December 30, 1775      1. “Scarcely Anything to Support Nature”: Invasion of Canada to December 30, 1775      2. “A Mere Ghost of an Army”: Winter Before the Lady of the Snows, January–May 1776      3. “His Majesty’s Deluded Subjects”: British Arrival, May 6, 1776      4. “Enough to Make Anybody’s Blood Crawl”: Failure of American Leadership at the Affair at the Cedars, May 18 to 30, 1776      5. “Founded in Rashness and Executed with Timidity”: The American Attack on Three Rivers, June 7 to 11, 1776      6. “I Can Scarcely Imagine Any More Disastrous Scene”: The Destruction and Death of an American Army, June 1776      7. “General Gates Is Putting the Most Disordered Army That Ever Bore the Name into a State of Regularity and Defense”: Reconstitution at Ticonderoga, July to October 1776      8. “I Think We Shall Be Very Well Prepared for the British Army”: Gates Establishes a Fortified Position at Ticonderoga      9. “We Build a Thing Called a Gondola”: Creation of the American Advanced Guard, Skenesboro, July to September 1776      10. “The Enemys Fleet Attacked Ours with Great Fury”: Destruction of the American Advanced Guard on Lake Champlain, October 1776      11. “Our Appearance Was Indeed So Formidable”: British Advance and Withdrawal Before Ticonderoga, October 1776      12. “As Great Consequence as If They Had Been Defeated”: The Campaign Ends; Analysis and Conclusions      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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Author Information

Douglas R. Cubbison is a military historian and curator with the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He writes about social, military and American history.

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