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Book SynopsisLooking to the general trend of Washington's military career, it is emphasised, throughout the volume, that the moral, religious, and patriotic motives that energised his life and shaped his character were so absolutely interwoven with the fibre of his professional experiences, that the soul of the Man magnified the greatness of the Soldier.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Maps; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Early Aptitudes for Success; The Ferment of American Liberty; The Outbreak of Repressed Liberty; Armed America needs a Soldier; Washington in Command; British Canada enters the Field of Action; Howe succeeds Gates: Closing Scenes of 1775; America against Britain: Boston taken; Systematic War with Britain begun; Britain against America: Howe invades New York; Battle of Long Island; Washington in New York; Washington tenders, and Howe declines, Battle: Harlem Heights and White Plains; The First New Jersey Campaign: Trenton; The First New Jersey Campaign developed: Princeton; The American Base of Operations established: The Second New Jersey Campaign; British Invasion from Canada: Operations along the Hudson; Pennsylvania invaded: Battle of Brandywine; Washington resumes the Offensive: Battle of Germantown; Jealousy and Greed defeated: Valley Forge; Philadelphia and Valley Forge in Winter, 1778; From Valley Forge to White Plains again: Battle of Monmouth; The Alliance with France takes effect: Siege of Newport; Minor Events and Grave Conditions, 1779; Minor Operations of 1779 continued: Stony Point taken: New England relieved; Shifting Scenes: Temper of the People: Savannah; The Eventful Year 1780: New Jersey once more invaded; Battle of Springfield: Rochambeau: Arnold: Gates; A Birds-eye View of the Theatre of War; The Soldier tried: American Mutiny: Foreign Judgment: Arnolds Depredations; The Southern Campaign, 1781, outlined: Cowpens: Guilford Court-house: Eutaw Springs; Lafayette in Pursuit of Arnold: The End in Sight: Arnold in the British Army; New York and Yorktown threatened: Cornwallis inclosed by Lafayette; British Captains outgeneraled: Washington joins Lafayette; The Alliance with France vindicated: Washingtons Magnanimity: His Benediction; Washingtons Prediction realized: The Attitude of America pronounced; Appendix A: American Army, by States; Appendix B: American Navy and its Career; Appendix C: Comparisons with Later Wars; Appendix D: British Army, at Various Dates; Appendix E: Organization of Burgoynes Army; Appendix F: Organization of Cornwalliss Army; Appendix G: Notes of Lees Court-martial; Glossary of Military Terms; Index.
