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The final invasion : Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's most decisive battle

Title
The final invasion : Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's most decisive battle / David G. Fitz-Enz ; edited by John R. Elting ; foreword by Sir Christopher Prevost, Baronet ; introduction by David Jablonski.
Author
Fitz-Enz, David G., 1940-
Publication
New York : Cooper Square Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Elting, John Robert.
Description
xx, 271 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  • "On September 1, 1814, under the command of Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost (1767-1816) nearly 15,000 veteran British troops, fresh from their victory over Napoleon, crossed the Canadian-American border - the largest foreign army ever to invade the United States. Neither Wolfe nor Amherst, neither Burgoyne nor Cornwallis, had led so formidable an army.
  • Captain George Downie (1781-1814), who considered his flagship, the Confiance, alone a match for the paltry American fleet, led the equally impressive British naval squadron.".
  • "Till the very end the outcome of the savage naval battle was in doubt. Yet despite the odds, the Americans managed to thwart the world's strongest naval power in one of the most decisive battles in American history. The source of the documentary film of the same name, The Final Invasion is based on primary research and original discoveries - including previously unknown private diaries and Prevost's priceless and detailed secret battle orders, missing since the war.
  • Fair-minded, astute, and passionately engaged with his subject, Colonel Fitz-Enz brings to life the immediacy and immensity of the British threat, the bloody reality of naval warfare, and the far-reaching consequences of the American victory against tremendous odds."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.
ISBN
0815411391 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2001028417
OCLC
  • ocm47986813
  • SCSB-4206999
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries