The Life and Memoirs of the Late Major General Lee, Second in Command to General Washington : During the American Revolution, to Which are Added, his Political and Military Essays.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.

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Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Patavium Publishing!, 2023.

Summary:

"Contains many curious particulars relating to the war between Great Britain and the Colonies. Published under the direction of Edward Langworthy, of Georgia" - Sabin. A controversial figure, the DAB calls Charles Lee "one of the most extraordinary and contradictory characters in American history." ESTC T146543. HOWES L83. SABIN 38903. LARNED 1411Charles Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] - 2 October 1782) was an English-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold his commission after the Seven Years War and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II Augustus.Lee moved to North America in 1773 and bought an estate in western Virginia. When the fighting broke out in the American War of Independence in 1775, he volunteered to serve with rebel forces. Lee's ambitions to become Commander in Chief of the Continental Army were thwarted by the appointment of George Washington to that post.In 1776, forces under his command repulsed a British attempt to capture Charleston, which boosted his standing with the army and Congress. Later that year, he was captured by British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton; he was held by the British as a prisoner until exchanged in 1778. During the Battle of Monmouth later that year, Lee led an assault on the British that miscarried. He was subsequently court-martialed and his military service brought to an end. He died in Philadelphia in 1782.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEMOIRS OF MAJOR-GENERAL LEE

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES, FROM THE PAPERS OF THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL LEE.

SKETCH OF A PLAN FOR THE FORMATION OF A MILITARY COLONY.

AN ESSAY ON THE COUP D'ŒIL.

A PICTURE OF THE COUNTESS OF

AN ACCOUNT OF A CONVERSATION, CHIEFLY RELATIVE TO THE ARMY.

AN EPISTLE TO DAVID HUME, ESQ.,

A POLITICAL ESSAY.

A BREAKFAST FOR RIVINGTON.

TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA.

TO THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF VIRGINIA.

ON A FAMOUS TRIAL IX THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, BETWEEN GENERAL MOSTYN, GOVERNOR OF MINORCA, AND AN INHABITANT OF THAT ISLAND.

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE TREATMENT OF MAJOR-GENERAL CONWAY, LATE IN THE SERVICE OF AMERICA.

PROPOSALS FOR THE FORMATION OF A BODY OF LIGHT TROOPS, READY TO BE DETACHED ON AN EMERGENT OCCASION.

SOME QUERIES, POLITICAL AND MILITARY, HUMBLY OFFERED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC.

COPY OF GENERAL LEE'S WILL

LETTERS TO AND FROM MAJOR-GENERAL LEE.

LETTERS TO GENERAL LEE, FROM SEVERAL EMINENT CHARACTERS BOTH IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.

LETTERS FROM MAJOR-GENERAL LEE.

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Other Format:

Print version: Lee, Charles The Life and Memoirs of the Late Major General Lee, Second in Command to General Washington

ISBN:

9781805232278

OCLC:

1378390422