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| Author's Note on Sources |
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| Prologue: Letters to the Author from Eyewitnesses |
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1 | (7) |
| I: Independency |
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St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada, June 18, 1776 |
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8 | (10) |
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From the Narrative of Richard Varick |
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17 | (1) |
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Albany to Crown Point, June 25-July 8, 1776 |
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18 | (7) |
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Fort Amherst, Crown Point, New York, July 8, 1776 |
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25 | (10) |
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Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June-July, 1776 |
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35 | (11) |
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Philadelphia, July 8, 1776 |
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46 | (9) |
| II: Valcour Bay |
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55 | (35) |
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From the Narrative of Richard Varick |
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55 | (1) |
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Skenesboro, New York, September 16, 1776 |
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56 | (10) |
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From the Narrative of Sir Thomas Stanley, KB |
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65 | (1) |
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Valcour Bay, Lake Champlain, October 11, 1776 |
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66 | (10) |
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Valcour Bay, October 11, 1776 |
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76 | (6) |
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Military Hospital, Montreal, October 30, 1776 |
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82 | (8) |
| III: The Winter of 1776 |
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90 | (57) |
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Eastern Pennsylvania, December 11, 1776 |
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90 | (12) |
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Philadelphia, December 11-13, 1776 |
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102 | (16) |
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From the Narrative of Richard Varick |
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117 | (1) |
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New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, Mid-December 1776 |
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118 | (9) |
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Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, December 21, 1776 |
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127 | (11) |
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New Haven, Connecticut, December 25, 1776 |
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138 | (9) |
| IV: The Grand Strategy |
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147 | (43) |
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From the Narrative of Sir Thomas Stanley, KB |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (5) |
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London, January-February, 1777 |
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153 | (9) |
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162 | (12) |
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Morristown, New Jersey, March 30, 1777 |
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174 | (8) |
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Morristown, March 30, 1777 |
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182 | (8) |
| V: Ridgefield |
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190 | (28) |
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New Haven, April 25, 1777 |
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190 | (9) |
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Western Connecticut, April 26-28, 1777 |
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199 | (12) |
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211 | (7) |
| VI: The Road to Saratoga |
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218 | (51) |
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From the Narrative of Sir Thomas Stanley, KB |
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218 | (1) |
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Montreal and St. Jean, Canada, June 4-16, 1777 |
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219 | (8) |
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Philadelphia, July 4, 1777 |
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227 | (9) |
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Fort Ticonderoga, July 7, 1777 |
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236 | (8) |
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Morristown, New Jersey, July 16, 1777 |
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244 | (6) |
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New York Bay, July 21, 1777 |
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250 | (6) |
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From the Narrative of Richard Varick |
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255 | (1) |
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German Flats and Fort Stanwix, August 16-26, 1777 |
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256 | (13) |
| VII: ``The Very Genius of War'' |
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269 | (59) |
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With Burgoyne's Army, September, 1777 |
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269 | (5) |
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Gates's Headquarters Camp, September, 1777 |
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274 | (8) |
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Freeman's Farm, September 19, 1777 |
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282 | (13) |
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Philadelphia, September 26, 1777 |
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295 | (5) |
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Philadelphia, September 26, 1777 |
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300 | (9) |
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Bemis Heights, September 20-October 6, 1777 |
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309 | (9) |
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Bemis Heights, October 7, 1777 |
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318 | (8) |
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Military Hospital, Albany, October 14, 1777 |
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326 | (2) |
| VIII: The Decadent Season |
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328 | (75) |
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Philadelphia, December 9, 1777 |
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328 | (9) |
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Military Hospital, Albany, Winter, 1777-1778 |
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337 | (9) |
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Valley Forge, Winter, 1777-1778 |
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346 | (10) |
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Philadelphia, Winter and Spring, 1778 |
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356 | (13) |
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Valley Forge, Spring, 1778 |
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369 | (11) |
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Philadelphia, May 18, 1778 |
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380 | (12) |
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392 | (11) |
| IX: ``One Shining Stroke'' |
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403 | (47) |
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From the Narrative of David Franks |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (8) |
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Philadelphia, Summer and Fall, 1778 |
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412 | (10) |
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From the Narrative of David Franks |
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421 | (1) |
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Middlebrook and Philadelphia, February-April, 1779 |
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422 | (6) |
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Philadelphia and New York, April-May, 1779 |
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428 | (8) |
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436 | (7) |
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Philadelphia and Morristown, Winter, 1779-1780 |
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443 | (7) |
| X: West Point |
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450 | (68) |
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New Jersey and New York, Summer, 1780 |
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450 | (9) |
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From the Narrative of Richard Varick |
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458 | (1) |
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Robinson House, August-September, 1780 |
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459 | (8) |
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The Hudson River Valley, September 17-22, 1780 |
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467 | (8) |
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Harverstraw Bay, New York, September 22-23, 1780 |
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475 | (8) |
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Westchester County, September 23-24, 1780 |
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483 | (12) |
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Robinson House, September 25, 1780 |
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495 | (7) |
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The Hudson River Valley, September 25-30, 1780 |
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502 | (8) |
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Tappan and New York City, September 30-October 2, 1780 |
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510 | (8) |
| Epilogue: Letters to the Author from Eyewitnesses |
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