Title: The battle-fields of the Revolution
First published: 1857
Description: History of the American Revolutionary War. Copiously illustrated with period engravings throughout, 336 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Bumping to tips. Small nineteenth century bookplate to front pastedown. Slight to moderate foxing throughout, heaviest at the title page and frontispiece. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~F~ Contents: Preface; The Sergeant and the Indians; Burning of the Gasper; The Great Tea Riot; The First Prayer in Congress; Battle of Lexington; Fight at Concord Bridge; Capture of Ticonderoga; Battle of Bunker's Hill; Attack on Quebec; Attack on Sullivan's Island; The Declaration of Independence; Firmness of Washington; Capture of General Lee; Capture of General Prescott; General Prescott, Whipped; Battle of Trenton; Battle of Princeton; General La Fayette; Battle of Brandywine; Battle of Germantown; Battle of Red Bank; Burgoyne's Invasion - Battle of Bennington; Heroic Exploit of Peter Francisco; Andrew Jackson; Siege of Yorktown - Surrender of Cornwallis; George Rogers Clarke; Death of Captain Biddle; Patriotism of Mother Bailey; The Dutchman and the Rake; Simon Kenton; The Murder of Miss M'Crea; Massacre at Wyoming; Treason of Arnold; Patriotism of Elizabeth Zane; Stony Point; John Paul Jones; Battle of King's Mountain; Burning of Colonel Crawford; Battle of the Cowpens; Baron Steuben; Mrs. Bozarth.
Subjects: Campaigns, History, Revolutionary War
Places: United States
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783
LC classification: E230 .R43