The Revolutionary War in Bergen County : the times that tried men's souls / edited by Carol Karels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karels, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bergen County (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Bergen County (N.J.).

New Jersey--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

New Jersey.

History.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007.

Summary:

Flanked by the Hudson River to the east and the Delaware River to the west, Bergen County comprised one of the most vital theaters of the Revolutionary War. An army that could control it could drive a fateful wedge between New England and the other colonies. In The Revolutionary War in Bergen County, Carol Karels and her team of scholars weave a masterful account of the war in northeastern New Jersey. Here in Bergen County General Washington took the young Marquis de Lafayette under his wing; here in Bergen County the future antagonists Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were baptized by fire; here in Bergen County families--in a prelude to the Civil War--split bitterly along Loyalist and Patriotic lines. From Washington's miraculous November 1776 retreat to the Delaware to the beginning of the Continental Army's epic August 1781 march to destiny at Yorktown, The Revolutionary War in Bergen County, comprehensively encompasses one of the Revolutionary War's most dramatic and pivotal fronts.

Contents:

Foreword / Kevin Tremble

Introduction / Carol Karels

British and Hessian accounts of the invasion 1776 / Lt. Colonel Donald M. Londahl-Smidt, USAF-Ret

The invasion and the myths surrounding it / John Spring

The retreat to victory / Barbara Z. Marchant

Thomas Paine and "the times that tried men's souls" / Thomas Meyers

Preserving the Hudson River Battleground / Kevin Tremble

New Bridge : history at the crossroads / Kevin Wright

Bergen's loyalists / Todd W. Braisted

Daniel's tale : the career of one Bergen County militiaman / Eric Nelsen

Major General LaFayette : a passion for liberty / Arthur Aranda

The significance of the Hopper House / Joan Dater

A resourceful woman in revolutionary Bergen County : Theodosia Prevost at the Hermitage / Dr. Henry Bischoff

General George Washington and his command of the revolution from letters written in july 1778 while headquartered at the Hermitage / Dr. Henry Bischoff

General Charles Lee : a disobedient servant / Barbara Z. Marchant

"The enemy...will have no mercey upon our loaded barns." British foraging at Hackensack, September and October 1778 / John U. Rees

The Baylor Massacre / Edmund A. Moderacki

The hard winter of 1779-80 / Robert Griffin

Thomas Ward and the woodcutters of Bergen / Todd W. Braisted

The hanging of Major Andre / Steve Kelman

W3R : the march to win a war / Carol W. Greene

Black loyalists in Bergen County and the Book of Negroes / Arnold E. Brown

George Washington : first of the big time spenders / Marvin Kitman

Military actions in Bergen County and vicinity, 1776-1781 : a timetable / Dr. Henry Bischoff.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-185) and index.

ISBN:

9781596293588

1596293586

OCLC:

156784814