A universal appearance of war
Subtitle: the Revolutionary War in Virginia, 1775-1781
By: Michael Cecere
Publisher: Heritage Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Berwyn Heights, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9780788455940; 9780788460685
Subjects: Campaigns; Soldiers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-406) and index.
Table of contents: title: The people of Virginia manifest open rebellion: April-October 1775; title: Americans will die or be free!  October-November 1775; title: A second Bunker Hill affair in miniature: December 1775; title: Nothing less than depriving [Dunmore] of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia: January-July 1776; title: The country was entirely a wilderness: 1776-1779; title: Never was a state in such a confused helpless situation: 1779-1780; title: The spirit of disaffection in the Southern colonies had received a rude shock: January 1781; title: We attempt everything and sacrifice our own blood for your assumed cause! February-March 1781; title: The militia behaved with a spirit and resolution which would have done honour to veterans: April-May 1781; title: The enemy's intentions has been to destroy this army! May-July 1781; title: Should a navy superiority come, great advantage might be obtained in this quarter: July-September 1781; title: A few weeks exertions and the enemy is expelled from our state forever: September-October 1781.