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The Revolutionary War in Bergen County : the times that tried men's souls
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- Creator
- edited by Carol Karels
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781596293588, 1596293586
- OCLC
- ocn156784814
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-185) and index.
- Foreword / Kevin Tremble -- Introduction / Carol Karels -- British and Hessian accounts of the invasion 1776 / Lt. Colonel Donald M. Londahl-Smidt, USAF-Ret -- The invasion and the myths surrounding it / John Spring -- The retreat to victory / Barbara Z. Marchant -- Thomas Paine and "the times that tried men's souls" / Thomas Meyers -- Preserving the Hudson River Battleground / Kevin Tremble -- New Bridge : history at the crossroads / Kevin Wright -- Bergen's loyalists / Todd W. Braisted -- Daniel's tale : the career of one Bergen County militiaman / Eric Nelsen -- Major General LaFayette : a passion for liberty / Arthur Aranda -- The significance of the Hopper House / Joan Dater -- A resourceful woman in revolutionary Bergen County : Theodosia Prevost at the Hermitage / Dr. Henry Bischoff -- General George Washington and his command of the revolution from letters written in july 1778 while headquartered at the Hermitage / Dr. Henry Bischoff -- General Charles Lee : a disobedient servant / Barbara Z. Marchant -- "The enemy...will have no mercey upon our loaded barns." British foraging at Hackensack, September and October 1778 / John U. Rees -- The Baylor Massacre / Edmund A. Moderacki -- The hard winter of 1779-80 / Robert Griffin -- Thomas Ward and the woodcutters of Bergen / Todd W. Braisted -- The hanging of Major Andre / Steve Kelman -- W3R : the march to win a war / Carol W. Greene -- Black loyalists in Bergen County and the Book of Negroes / Arnold E. Brown -- George Washington : first of the big time spenders / Marvin Kitman -- Military actions in Bergen County and vicinity, 1776-1781 : a timetable / Dr. Henry Bischoff