Research Catalog

Title

The burning of the valleys : daring raids from Canada against the New York frontier in the fall of 1780 / Gavin K. Watt ; with research assistance by James F. Morrison.

Author

Watt, Gavin K.

Publication

Toronto : Dundurn Press, c1997.

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Additional Authors

Morrison, James F.

Description

392 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• 1763-1814
• United Empire loyalists
• First Nations > Wars > 1763-1814
• Iroquois Indians > Wars
• United Empire Loyalists
• Indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Guerres > 1763-1814
• Iroquois (Indiens) > Guerres
• Iroquois Indians > Wars > New York (State)
• Indians of North America > Canada > Wars > 1763-1814
• Indians of North America > Wars > Canada > 1763-1814
• New York (State) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Canada > History > 1775-1783
• New York (État) > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution)
• Canada > Histoire > 1775-1783
• New York (State) > Campaigns. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > Campaigns > Revolution, 1775-1783

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Comparative Chronology of the October 1780 Raids -- General Introduction: Key Personalities, Geography and Organizations -- I. The Background -- II. 1780, The Year of Revenge -- The Campaign Opens -- III. The Fall Campaign of 1780 -- The Expeditions on Lake Champlain -- Carleton Attacks the Hudson Valley -- An Epilogue to Carleton's Expedition -- Munro's Expedition Through the Woods Against Ballstown -- The Canada Indians Against the White River Region -- IV. The Expedition from Oswego -- The "Infamous Bandittie" Attack the Schoharie Valley -- V. The Expedition from Oswego -- "Johnson and his Blood-Hounds" Attack the Mohawk Valley -- An Epilogue to the Oswego Expedition -- VI. Reflections and Considerations -- A Mystery -- With Consummate Daring -- The Question of Leadership -- Washington's Opinion of the Effect of Terms of Enlistment -- The Destruction of Grain & Livestock as a Military Strategy -- To Pay the Piper -- the Price of Neglect -- Appendix 1. Mysterious Tales of New Dorlach -- October 17-19, 1780 -- Philip Crysler's Mission -- Jacob Merckley's 'Company' -- Roster of Jacob Merckley's New Dorlach 'Company', Oct. 19, 1780 -- Appendix 2. Rebel Militia Regiments Engaged at Klock's Field, Oct. 19, 1780 -- Appendix 3. Casualty Analyses of the Johnson Expedition -- Sir John Johnson's Return of Casualties -- Casuals of Butler's Rangers during the October 1780 Raids -- List of Prisoners with the Rebels of the KRR NY -- Listed Deserters of the KRR NY -- Return of British Prisoners of War Held in Pennsylvania -- Reconciliation of Reports of Missing & Prisoners -- Appendix 4. Recruitment in the King's Royal Regiment of New York Resulting from the October 1780 Raids -- Recruiting in the KRR NY -- Recruiting in Jessup's King's Loyal Americans & Roger's 2Bn King's Rangers -- Men taken at Forts Ann & George in Loyalist Regiments, 1782-84 -- Appendix 5. Rebel Prisoners Taken During the Fall 1780 Raids.

ISBN

1550022717

LCCN

cn^96932420^

OCLC

• 37553361
• SCSB-10627991

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library