Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as "Brant's Volunteers" in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. ... Read More
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Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as "Brant's Volunteers" in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. ... Read More
Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as "Brant's Volunteers" in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 17th August 2020
State: New York
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467142618
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY / United States / General HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Author Bio
Marie Danielle Annette Williams is an educator and independent historian living in Upstate New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies adolescent education from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, in 2014 and her Master of Arts degree in American history from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2018. When Marie isn't teaching or writing, she's researching for her blog, The Half-Pint Historian Blog , and podcast, The Half-Pint Historian Podcast .
Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as "Brant's Volunteers" in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 17th August 2020
State: New York
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467142618
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY / United States / General HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Marie Danielle Annette Williams is an educator and independent historian living in Upstate New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies adolescent education from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, in 2014 and her Master of Arts degree in American history from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2018. When Marie isn't teaching or writing, she's researching for her blog, The Half-Pint Historian Blog , and podcast, The Half-Pint Historian Podcast .
