Frontier Forts Under Fire

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476629560
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Forts Under Fire written by Paul Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both military outposts of the North American frontier. Both lasted but briefly—about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed “massacres” by Indians outside their walls. This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both the British and the French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman’s having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years. Did the women present at that time write a distorted version of events? It would appear that his second-in-command, the rash Lieutenant George Grummond, led the charge over Lodge Trail Ridge. Or did he?

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476670935
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Forts Under Fire written by Paul Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both military outposts of the North American frontier. Both lasted but briefly--about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed "massacres" by Indians outside their walls. This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both the British and the French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years. Did the women present at that time write a distorted version of events? It would appear that his second-in-command, the rash Lieutenant George Grummond, led the charge over Lodge Trail Ridge. Or did he?

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania. By G.D. Albert written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
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Download or read book The Indian forts of the Blue Mountains. By H.M. Richards. The frontier forts within the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River. By J.M. Buckalew. The frontier forts within the Wyoming Valley region. By S. Reynolds. The frontier forts in the Cumberland and Juniata valleys. By J.G. Weiser written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania: Prefatory note. The Indian forts of the Blue Mountains. By H.M. Richards. The frontier forts within the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River. By J.M. Buckalew. The frontier forts within the Wyoming valley region. By S. Reynolds. The frontier forts in the Cumberland and Juniata valleys. By J.G. Weiser written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania. By G.D. Albert. Index written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence E. Babits
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813048583
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts written by Lawrence E. Babits and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Ticonderoga, the allegedly impenetrable star fort at the southern end of Lake Champlain, is famous for its role in the French and Indian War. But many other one-of-a-kind forts were instrumental in staking out the early American colonial frontier. On the 250th anniversary of this often-overlooked conflict, this volume musters an impressive range of scholars who tackle the lesser-known but nonetheless historically significant sites from barracks to bastions. Civilian, provincial, or imperial, the fortifications covered in this book range from South Carolina's Fort Prince George to Fort Frontenac in Ontario and to Fort de Chartres in Illinois. These forts were built during the first serious arms race on the continent, as Europeans and colonists struggled to control the lucrative fur trade routes of the northern boundary. The contributors to this volume reveal how the French and British adapted their fortification techniques to the special needs of the North American frontier. By exploring the unique structures that guarded the borderlands, this book reveals much about the underlying economies and dynamics of the broader conflict that defined a critical period of the American experience.

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bill O'Neal
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467128597
Total Pages : 128 pages
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Download or read book Frontier Forts of Texas written by Bill O'Neal and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its vast size and long frontier period, Texas was the scene of more combat events between Native American warriors and Anglo soldiers and settlers than any other state or territory. The US Army, therefore, erected more military outposts in Texas, a tradition begun by Spanish soldados and their presidios. Settlers built blockhouses and even stockades, the most famous of which was Parker's Fort, the site of an infamous massacre in 1836. Successive north to south lines of Army forts attempted to screen westward-moving settlers from war parties, while border posts stretched along the Rio Grande from Fort Brown on the Gulf of Mexico to Fort Bliss at El Paso del Norte. Texas was the site of the first US Cavalry regiment employed against horseback warriors, as well as the experimental US Camel Corps. From Robert E. Lee to Albert Sidney Johnston to Ranald Mackenzie, the Army's finest officers served out of Texas forts, and 61 Medals of Honor were earned by soldiers campaigning in the Lone Star State.