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almafu_9959391647502883
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1 online resource
ISBN:
9780814788868
Series Statement:
The American Social Experience ; 4
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Brave, humane, and generous . . . still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this country.--Member of British Parliament Lord North, upon hearing of General Richard Montgomery's death in battle against the British At 3 a.m. on December 31, 1775, a band of desperate men stumbled through a raging Canadian blizzard toward Quebec. The doggedness of this ragtag militia--consisting largely of men whose short-term enlistments were to expire within the next 24 hours--was due to the exhortations of their leader. Arriving at Quebec before dawn, the troop stormed two unmanned barriers, only to be met by a British ambush at the third. Amid a withering hale of cannon grapeshot, the patriot leader, at the forefront of the assault, crumpled to the ground. General Richard Montgomery was dead at the age of 37. Montgomery--who captured St. John and Montreal in the same fortnight in 1775; who, upon his death, was eulogized in British Parliament by Burke, Chatham, and Barr; and after whom 16 American counties have been named--has, to date, been a neglected hero. Written in engaging, accessible prose, General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution chronicles Montgomery's life and military career, definitively correcting this historical oversight once and for all.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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CHAPTER ONE. Introduction --
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CHAPTER TWO. Ancestry and Early Life --
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CHAPTER THREE. Duty in the Seven Years' War --
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CHAPTER FOUR. Decision for the Patriot Cause --
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CHAPTER FIVE. Service in the Provincial Congress --
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CHAPTER SIX. The Patriot Call to Arms --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. The March to Canada --
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CHAPTER EIGHT. Struggle and Success against St. Johns --
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CHAPTER NINE. On to Quebec --
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CHAPTER TEN. Attack on Quebec --
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. Aftermath of Quebec --
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CHAPTER TWELVE. Epilogue --
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Appendixes --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.18574/9780814788868
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814788868
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814788868
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