Volume 17 of the Revolutionary War Series opens with Washington moving his army north from White Plains, New York, into new positions that ran from West Point to Danbury, Connecticut. His purpose in doing so was threefold: to protect his army, to protect the strategically important Hudson highlands,...

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1. Verfasser:	Washington, George 1732-1799 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Chase, Philander D. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Charlottesville University Press of Virginia 2008
Schlagworte:	Washington, George > 1732-1799 Geschichte 1778 Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg Nachlass Quelle
Zusammenfassung:	Volume 17 of the Revolutionary War Series opens with Washington moving his army north from White Plains, New York, into new positions that ran from West Point to Danbury, Connecticut. His purpose in doing so was threefold: to protect his army, to protect the strategically important Hudson highlands, and to shore up the equally vital French fleet anchored at Boston. His new headquarters, located near Fredericksburg, New York, about seventy miles north of New York City, was one of the most obscure of the Revolutionary War. Nevertheless, Washington remained as busy with important tasks during the fall of 1778 as during any other period of the war. It was a time of delicate transition for the new Franco-American alliance and for British strategists yet unwilling to concede defeat. Both circumstances required Washington to exercise the sort of mental agility he had demonstrated during the first three years of the war. Equally pressing were the immediate problems of British raids--threatened and real--in New Jersey and New York and along the extensive American frontier and coastline. Within the Continental army, troubling breakdowns in discipline and morale demanded Washington’s close attention, as did the logistical and political difficulties of planning proper troop dispositions for the coming winter--the fourth straight winter that Washington would not see home. [...] -- Publisher
Beschreibung:	XLI, 735 Seiten Karten
ISBN:	9780813926841