General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution / The American Social Experience Bd.4 (ePub)
"Brave, humane, and generous . . . still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this...
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Chronicles the life and military of a neglected hero of the American Revolution-General Richard Montgomery
"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.
- Autor: Hal T. Shelton
- 1994, Englisch
- Verlag: Severn House
- ISBN-10: 0814739644
- ISBN-13: 9780814739648
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1994
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- Größe: 2.34 MB
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