Washington, commander in chief / [by] Thomas G. Frothingham.
| Author/creator |
Frothingham, Thomas Goddard, 1865-1945 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin company, 1930. |
| Description | x, 1 unnumbered page, 404 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece (portrait) plates, maps, facsimiles ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Self-tuition in boyhood -- Graduation to manhood -- First military adventures -- The lessons of the French and Indian Wars -- The cleavage between the American colonies and Great Britain -- The outbreak of the Revolution -- The uprising; Washington made commander in chief -- The Battle of Bunker Hill -- The situation at Boston -- The siege of Boston -- The course of events in the winter of 1775-1776 -- Expulsion of the British from Boston -- The military situation developed -- After the evacuation of Boston -- The shift of the scene to New York -- The Battle of Long Island and the withdrawal of the Americans -- The British occupation of New York -- The abandonment of all Manhattan Island -- Retreat and counterattack in New Jersey -- The situation saved -- 1777; Franklin and Burgoyne -- The military situation in America in the first half of 1777 -- Washington watching Howe -- The interval before the attack on Philadelphia -- The capture of Philadelphia by the British -- The fall of 1777 -- Valley Forge -- The situation at the beginning of 1778 -- The British retreat to New York -- The arrival of French troops and Newport -- The new situation at the end of 1778 -- The first months of 1779 -- The last part of 1779 -- The shifting conditions for 1780 -- Defeat in the south and the French reinforcement in the north -- Arnold's treason; the turn of the tide in the south -- The beginning of 1781 -- The development of the situation of 1781 -- Washington's move to the south -- The Siege of Yorktown -- The results of Yorktown -- The achievement on independence -- The final scenes -- Index. |
| Abstract | "The object of this work is to set forth in its true light, and with its right perspective, the military record of George Washington, American Commander in Chief throughout the Revolution. The many biographies of Washington have not approached their subject from the military point of view, with the account of the actual military operations as the inflexible basis for the text. There is an urgent need for such a book, because, especially of late, the character of Washington has been distorted out of all semblance of reality."--Foreword. |
| General note | One of the plates accompanied by leaf with text of "Washington's letter to General Forbes," dated Oct. 8, 1758. |
| LCCN | 30024708 |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | E312.25 .F94 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |