Brandywine : a military history of the battle that lost Philadelphia but saved America, September 11, 1777 / Michael C. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Michael C., 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777.

History.

Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xliii, 483 pages : illustrations, maps, ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie, [2014]

Contents:

The 1777 campaign takes shape

Northern New Jersey: preliminaries, January-June 1777

Northern New Jersey: to ships, June-July 1777

To sea and the Delaware: July 1777

To sea and the Chesapeake: August 1-25, 1777

To Pennsylvania & first contact: August 25-September 2, 1777

To the Brandywine: September 3-10, 1777

The Continental Army: September 10, 1777

The British Army: September 10, 1777

The eve of battle: September 10, 1777

The battle begins: morning, September 11, 1777

Mid-day lull: September 11, 1777

The British assault Birmingham Hill: afternoon, September 11, 1777

The British assault Stirling and Stephen: afternoon, September 11, 1777

Knyphausen assaults Chads's Ford: evening, September 11, 1777

Nathanael Greene makes a stand: evening, September 11, 1777

The aftermath of battle: September 12-16, 1777.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-467) and index.

ISBN:

9781611211627

161121162X

OCLC:

849196907

Publisher Number:

99967804603