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Benedict Arnold's navy : the ragtag fleet that lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but won the American Revolution

Recounts the courageous and exemplary campaign of Arnold Benedict and his cobbled-together fleet of 'ships' against the British in the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) in October 1776.
Print Book, English, 2006
McGraw-Hill, Camden, Me, 2006
XVI, 386 Seiten, [7] Blätter Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
9780071468060, 0071468064
255396879
MapPROLOGUE: October 11, 17761775CHAPTER 1 The War BeginsCHAPTER 2 The Road to TiconderogaCHAPTER 3 A Gathering of StrengthCHAPTER 4 The Taking of TiconderogaCHAPTER 5 To the VictorsCHAPTER 6 The Northern TheaterCHAPTER 7 A Change in CommandCHAPTER 8 Command of the Northern DepartmentCHAPTER 9 North to QuebecCHAPTER 10 Invading CanadaCHAPTER 11 Into the WildernessCHAPTER 12 MontrealCHAPTER 13 The March to QuebecCHAPTER 14 Quebec BesiegedCHAPTER 15 Forces JoinedCHAPTER 16 The Attack on QuebecPhotographs and Illustrations1776CHAPTER 17 The AftermathCHAPTER 18 A Frozen WarCHAPTER 19 The Early FleetCHAPTER 20 The Commission to CanadaCHAPTER 21 "God of Armies, Help Us"CHAPTER 22 "An Army Broken"CHAPTER 23 Three RiversCHAPTER 24 Birth of Two FleetsCHAPTER 25 The Gondolas of SkenesboroughCHAPTER 26 The Summer of 1776CHAPTER 27 A Most Deserving and Gallant OfficerCHAPTER 28 The Fleet Comes TogetherCHAPTER 29 Arnold in CommandCHAPTER 30 A Line of BattleCHAPTER 31 A Place to Make a StandCHAPTER 32 The British Head SouthCHAPTER 33 The Battle of Valcour IslandCHAPTER 34 "The Battle was Verrey Hot"CHAPTER 35 South Wind and Open WaterCHAPTER 36 End of the Campaign SeasonCHAPTER 37 Winter Quarters1777CHAPTER 38 The Road to SaratogaCHAPTER 39 SaratogaEPILOGUE: Turning PointsACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTES ON SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX