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Great things are expected from the Virginians : Virginia in the American Revolution
- Title
- Great things are expected from the Virginians : Virginia in the American Revolution / Michael Cecere.
- Author
- Cecere, Michael.
- Publication
- Westminster, Md. : Heritage Books, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | E263.V8 C4225 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 269 pages : maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- These words expressed the sentiment of many Americans concerning Virginia's role in the American Revolution, a role that is chronicled in this book through compelling first hand accounts, observations, and letters. Virginia, the oldest, wealthiest, and most populous of the thirteen colonies was expected to lead, and the "Old Dominion" did not disappoint. From the political leadership of Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, and Thomas Jefferson to the military leadership of George Washington, Daniel Morgan, and hundreds of officers and men like Captain John Chilton, Virginians rose to the challenge and helped defend American rights and win American independence. It was a Virginian who presided over the First Continental Congress, a Virginian who proclaimed, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," a Virginian who proposed independence for all the colonies, a Virginian who composed the Declaration of Independence, and a Virginian who led the American army in a fight for independence. These Virginians, and thousands of others, served on distant battlefields and played a vital role in the American Revolution. Readers will undoubtedly conclude that Virginians met the expectations that Captain Chilton referred to and that they, along with their fellow Americans, did indeed undergo great fatigue and danger in winning American independence.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and index.
- Contents
- "We claim nothing but the liberty and privileges of Englishmen" : 1763-1773 -- "The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights or submit" : 1774 -- "There is no retreat, but into submission and slavery" : 1775 -- "Cast off the British Yoke" : 1776 -- "We must go through great fatigue and danger" : 1776 -- "Hold the wood as long as [it's] tenable" : 1777 -- "[The Americans] are not the contemptible enemy we had hitherto imagined" : 1777 -- "We cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity to the soldiery" : 1778-1779 -- "The fire of the besieged was extraordinary" : 1779-1780 -- "Shout like hell and fight like devils" : 1780-1781 -- "For God's sake lose not a moment ..." : the Virginia campaign : 1781 -- "A few weeks exertions and the enemy is expelled from our state forever" : 1781.
- ISBN
- 9780788445644
- 0788445642
- LCCN
- 2008273925
- OCLC
- ocn228418070
- SCSB-14043553
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library