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" The first American army : "
Bruce Chadwick.
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BL
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1015816
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b770186
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Chadwick, Bruce.
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The first American army : : the untold story of George Washington and the men behind America's first fight for freedom /\ Bruce Chadwick.
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Naperville, Illinois :: Sourcebooks,, 2007.
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399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, 1 map ;; 23 cm
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1402207530
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: 9781402207532
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
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| Contents
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1: Bunker Hill: the arrival of Private John Greenwood, age fifteen, fifer -- 2: The siege of Boston, 1775-1776: Private Greenwood joins an armed camp -- 3: Camp life -- 4: Mother and son reunion -- 5: The soldiers -- 6: Why they fought -- March to Quebec -- 7: Private Jeremiah Greenman and Benedict Arnold -- 8: Jeremiah Greenman: prisoner of war -- 9: A harrowing retreat -- 10: The healers: the reverend, the doctor, and the smallpox scourge -- 11: Death becomes a daily visitor -- 12: The compassionate minister and the enraged doctor -- 13: Christmas, 1776: Private John Greenwood crosses the Delaware -- 14: The victory that saved the revolution -- 15: New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1777-1778: Lieutenant James McMichael: a poet goes to war -- 16: Women of the revolution -- 17: Saratoga, 1777: the arduous journey of Sergeant Ebenezer Wild, nineteen -- Valley Forge -- 18: The harsh road to a winter camp -- 19: Private Elijah Fisher and the agony of Valley Forge -- 20: "The soldiers of our army are almost naked ... ": Lieutenant James McMichael: the poet -- 21: Private Elijah Fisher joins Washington's elite life guard, 1778 -- 22: Monmouth, 1778:L Captain Sylvanus Seely's militia goes to war -- 23: The secret life of Captain Seely -- 24: Spring 1778: the African American soldiers -- 25: The heroism of the black Rhode Island regiment -- 26: John Greenwood, privateer -- 27: 1779-1780: the war's worst winter and mutiny -- 28: Springfield: the militia saves the revolution -- 29: 1781: victory at Yorktown.
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| Abstract
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Draws from the letters and journals of those who served under George Washington in the Continental Army to provide a narrative of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought the battles.
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Washington, George,1732-1799-- Friends and associates.
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Washington, George,1732-1799.
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Washington, George,1732-1799.
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Washington, George.
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United States.-- Military life.
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United States.
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Soldiers-- United States-- Social conditions-- 18th century.
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Armed Forces-- Military life.
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Friendship.
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Militär
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Social aspects.
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Soldat
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Soldiers-- Social conditions.
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United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Social aspects.
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United States.
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USA, Revolution.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.3/4
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E259.C43 2007
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| Parallel Title
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1st American army
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