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Washington the Soldier

by Henry B. Carrington

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  1. 1Epigraph — Dedication
  2. 2Preface — To the Second Edition
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Chapter I — Early Aptitudes for Success
  5. 5Chapter II — The Ferment of American Liberty
  6. 6Chapter III — The Outbreak of Repressed Liberty
  7. 7Chapter IV — Armed America Needs a Soldier
  8. 8Chapter V — Washington in Command
  9. 9Chapter VI — British Canada Enters the Field of Action
  10. 10Chapter VII — Howe Succeeds Gage — Closing Scenes of 1775
  11. 11Chapter VIII — America Against Britain — Boston Taken
  12. 12Chapter IX — Systematic War With Britain Begun
  13. 13Chapter X — Britain Against America — Howe Invades New York
  14. 14Chapter XI — Battle of Long Island
  15. 15Chapter XII — Washington in New York
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Washington Tenders, and Howe Declines, Battle — Harl…
  17. 17Chapter XIV — The First New Jersey Campaign — Trenton
  18. 18Chapter XV — The First New Jersey Campaign Developed — Princeton
  19. 19Chapter XVI — The American Base of Operations Established — The Sec…
  20. 20Chapter XVII — British Invasion From Canada — Operations Along the…
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Pennsylvania Invaded — Battle of Brandywine
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Washington Resumes the Offensive — Battle of Germantown
  23. 23Chapter XX — Jealousy and Greed Defeated — Valley Forge
  24. 24Chapter XXI — Philadelphia and Valley Forge in Winter, 1778
  25. 25Chapter XXII — From Valley Forge to White Plains Again — Battle of…
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — The Alliance With France Takes Effect — Siege of Ne…
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — Minor Events and Grave Conditions, 1779
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Minor Operations of 1779 Continued — Stony Point Take…
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Shifting Scenes — Temper of the People — Savannah
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — The Eventful Year 1780 — New Jersey Once More Invaded
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — Battle of Springfield — Rochambeau — Arnold — Gates
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — A Bird’s-Eye View of the Theatre of War
  33. 33Chapter XXX — The Soldier Tried — American Mutiny — Foreign Judgmen…
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — The Southern Campaign, 1781, Outlined — Cowpens — Gu…
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — Lafayette in Pursuit of Arnold — The End in Sight —…
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — New York and Yorktown Threatened — Cornwallis Incl…
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — British Captains Outgeneraled — Washington Joins La…
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — The Alliance With France Vindicated — Washington’s M…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Washington’s Prediction Realized — The Attitude of…
  40. 40Appendix A — American Army, by States
  41. 41Appendix B — American Navy and Its Career
  42. 42Appendix C — Comparisons With Later Wars
  43. 43Appendix D — British Army, at Various Dates
  44. 44Appendix E — Organization of Burgoyne’s Army
  45. 45Appendix F — Organization of Cornwallis’s Army
  46. 46Appendix G — Notes of Lee’s Court-Martial
  47. 47Glossary of Military Terms
  48. 48Chronological and Biographical Index

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