Front matter
REVOLUTIONARY FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS
STORIES OF THE FIRST FIVE WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
Prefatory Note
This book is designed to call to the attention of those interested in our early struggles, some of the most remarkable of the great battles, heroic achievements and desperate undertakings through which we became a nation. No attempt has been made to cover all the events in the wars referred to. The author has chosen such as would serve to present a variety of incident, to illustrate the period and to exhibit the leaders and men. In the compiling of this book he has freely used every available source of information to which he had access, including the numerous printed volumes on the subject, and much material in manuscript form. Although the sketches are intended for popular reading, it is believed that they are accurate and reliable. Other volumes of the same character, covering the history of the wars and adventures in which we have been interested, from the voyages of Columbus to the capture of Manila, are in contemplation and preparation. That the stories may serve to stimulate patriotism and love of country, and to encourage men to consecrate themselves, with the devotion of their forefathers, to the civic battles for freedom and honor which are still to be waged, is the hope of the author.
C. T. B.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1900.
CONIENTS
Part I THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 1775— 1783
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How THE South was Saved to the Revolution . . 3
I. Trenton 16
II. Princeton 27
I. The Defeat of the Detachments .... 56
II. Fort Stanwix. Oriskany 62
III. Bennington 67
I. The End of the Main Army .... 71
II. Stillwater 76
III. Saratoga and the Surrender 80
GREENE'S CAMPAIGN IN THE CAROLINAS
I. The Beginning, The Cowpens and Guilford Court
House 84
GREENE'S CAMPAIGN IN THE CAROLINAS
II. Hobkirk's Hill, Eutaw Springs and the end . 102
I. Ticonderoga 117
II. Stony Point 121
III. Paulus Hook ........ 125
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SOME MINOR SEA-FIGHTS OF THE REVOLUTION page
I. BiDDLE AND THE RANDOLPH 128
II. Nicholson and the Trumbull . . . . . 132
III. BAKTiEY Ai^D THE //ydek Ally 136
IV. Barry and the Alliance 139
WAR WITH TRIPOLI
1802 — 1805
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