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100 1 $aStephenson, Michael,$d1946-
245 10 $aPatriot battles :$bhow the War of Independence was fought /$cMichael Stephenson.
250 $a1st Harper Perennial ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper Perennial,$c2008, ©2007.
300 $axxv, 421 pages :$bmaps ;$c23 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-395) and index.
520 $aA comprehensive one-volume study of the military aspects of the War of Independence, drawing on hundreds of specialist sources, contemporary and archival. The first part of the book offers a detailed examination of eighteenth-century combat: Who fought and what motivated them, whether patriot or redcoat, Hessian or Frenchman? How were they enlisted and trained? How were they clothed and fed? What weapons did they use, and how effective were they? When soldiers became casualties or fell ill, how did medical services deal with them? What roles did loyalists, women, blacks, and Indians play? The second part of the book gives a closer look at the war's greatest battles: What parts did terrain and weather play? What were the qualities of the respective commanders, and what tactics did they employ? How did the soldiers fight? Throughout, cherished myths are challenged, reputations are reassessed, and long-held assumptions are tested.--From publisher description.
505 00 $gPart 1$tThe Nuts and Bolts of War --$g1$t"A Choaky Mouthful": The American Soldier$g5 --$tThe Militia$g6 --$tThe Continentals$g19 --$g2$tLobsterbacks: The British Soldier$g36 --$tBritain's German Auxiliaries$g48 --$tLoyalists$g52 --$g3$t"Men of Character": The Officer Class$g63 --$g4$tWhat Made Men Fight$g79 --$g5$tFeeding the Beast$g101 --$g6$tThe Things They Carried: Weapons, Equipment, and Clothing$g119 --$g7$tThe Big Guns: Artillery$g154 --$g8$tThe Sanguinary Business: Wounds, Disease, and Medical Care$g162 --$g9$t"Trulls and Doxies": Women in the Armies$g177 --$g10$tCuff and Salem, Dick and Jehu: Blacks in the War$g183 --$g11$t"The Proper Subjects of Our Resentment": Indians$g190 --$gPart 2$tThe Great Battles --$tThe War in the North --$g12$tAmbush: Lexington and Concord, 19 April 1775$g203 --$g13$t"A Complication of Horror...": Bunker's Hill, 17 June 1775$g211 --$g14$tA Vaunting Ambition: Quebec, 31 December 1775$g222 --$g15$t"We Expect Bloody Work": Brooklyn, 22-29 August 1776$g230 --$g16$tFire and Ice: Trenton I, 25-26 December 1776; Trenton II, 30 December 1776; and Princeton, 3 January 1777$g251 --$g17$tThe Philadelphia Campaign: Brandywine, 11 September 1777; Germantown, 4 October 1777; and Monmouth Courthouse, 28 June 1778$g267 --$g18$tThe Saratoga Campaign: Freeman's Farm, 19 September 1777; and Bemis Heights, 7 October 1777$g288 --$tThe War in the South --$g19$tThe Laurels of Victory, the Willows of Defeat: Camden, 16 August 1780$g313 --$g20$tThe Hunters Hunted: Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780; and Cowpens, 17 January 1781$g323 --$g21$t"Long, Obstinate, and Bloody": Guilford Courthouse, 15 March 1781$g332 --$g22$t"Handsomely in a Pudding Bag": The Chesapeake Capes, 5-13 September 1781; and Yorktown, 28 September-19 October 1781$g341.
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