Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777 (Michael C. Harris - WH) averasboro

Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777 (Michael C. Harris - WH) averasboroGermantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia by Michael C Harris HC oday, Germantown is a busy neighborhood in Philadelphia. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital whose surrounding fields and streets witnessed one of the largest battles of the American Revolution. The bloody battle represented George Washingtons attempt to recapture Philadelphia but has long been overshadowed by better

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Instead of finding glory and victory—two objectives with which he was intimately familiar—Stuart reaped stinging criticism and substantial blame for one of the Confederacy’s most stunning and unexpected battlefield defeats

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Also included are the stories of civilians who bore witness to the tremendous battle and who settled in Texas after the Civil War

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Army after the Civil War and served two terms as president

Yet their letters were often full of determination

we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground

others reacted only after large numbers of their men had already fallen ill

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