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Henry Knox : George Washington's confidant, general of artillery, and America's first secretary of war / by Thomas J. Lonergan.

Title
Henry Knox : George Washington's confidant, general of artillery, and America's first secretary of war / by Thomas J. Lonergan.
Author
Lonergan, Thomas J., 1947-
Publication
Rockport, Me. : Picton Press, c2003.

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Description
vii, 231 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Friends and associates
  • Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 > Family
  • United States. Continental Army > Biography
  • Generals > United States > Biography
  • Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
  • United States > Campaigns > Revolution, 1775-1783
  • United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Beginnings -- The Boston massacre -- The shot heard round the world -- Bunker Hill -- Ticonderoga -- The noble train -- Evacuation day -- New York -- Escape -- Surprise -- Morristown -- Philadelphia -- Whence to winter quarters -- Monmouth -- Rest leads to unrest -- Nadir -- Yorktown -- Cessation of hostilities -- Peace -- Our first Civil War -- Union -- Secretary of War -- Knox's American legion -- Montpelier -- Genealogy of Henry Knox and his family along with a chronological list of events occurring in his life.
ISBN
0897255151 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
^^2003015491
OCLC
52720970
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library