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Daniel Morgan Revolutionary Rifleman
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higginbotham, Don.
- Series:
- Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va. by the University of North Carolina Press [1961]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the vast distances and rough terrain of the Revolutionary War, the tactics that Daniel Morgan had learned in Indian fighting--the thin skirmish line, the stress upon individual marksmanship, the hit-and-run mobility--were an important element of his success as a commander. He combined this success on the battlefield with a deep devotion to the soldiers serving under him. In a conflict that abounded in vital personalities, Morgan's was one of the most colorful. Illiterate, uncultivated, and contentious, he nevertheless combined the resourcefulness of a frontiersman with a native gift as a tactician and leader. His rise from humble origins gives forceful testimony to the democratic spirit of the new America.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; I. The Frontiersman; II. Appeal to Arms; III. Maine Wilderness; IV. Defeat and Imprisonment; V. Saratoga Campaign; VI. Service in the Middle States; VII. Morgan Joins the Southern Army; VIII. An Independent Command; IX. Cowpens and Its Consequences; X. Defending the Old Dominion; XI. Peacetime Pursuits; XII. Upholding the Constitution; XIII. Reckoning; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliography.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908661-3-4
- 979-88-908661-4-1
- 0-8078-3999-X
- 1-4696-1132-5
- OCLC:
- 643810847
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