Washington the Soldier (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Military Campaigns, Strategy and LeadershipBy Henry B. Carrington
Length16h 4m
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Washington the Soldier presents George Washington not as marble statesman but as a working commander: surveyor of terrain, organizer of raw levies, strategist of endurance, and disciplined servant of civil authority. Carrington's prose is formal, documentary, and interpretive, placing campaigns from the French and Indian War through Yorktown within the nineteenth-century tradition of patriotic military history. The book emphasizes logistics, fortitude, and judgment over battlefield glamour, treating Washington's generalship as a moral as well as tactical achievement. Henry B. Carrington was himself a soldier, engineer, and military writer, experiences that deeply shaped his reading of Washington's career. A Union officer during the Civil War and later a chronicler of American military affairs, Carrington understood command as an art constrained by imperfect intelligence, political pressure, supply problems, and human weakness. His admiration for Washington is therefore professional as much as patriotic: he writes as one officer assessing another across the span of American history. This volume is recommended for readers interested in the military foundations of the American republic, especially those seeking a concise but serious portrait of Washington's leadership. It will appeal to students of Revolutionary history, military biography, and civic character alike, offering a measured defense of Washington's greatness grounded in service, restraint, and strategic patience.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length16 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Biological Warfare
2PREFACE.
3CHAPTER I. EARLY APTITUDES FOR SUCCESS.
4CHAPTER II. THE FERMENT OF AMERICAN LIBERTY.
5CHAPTER III. THE OUTBREAK OF REPRESSED LIBERTY.
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6CHAPTER IV. ARMED AMERICA NEEDS A SOLDIER.
7CHAPTER V. WASHINGTON IN COMMAND.
8CHAPTER VI. BRITISH CANADA ENTERS THE FIELD OF ACTION.
9CHAPTER VII. HOWE SUCCEEDS GAGE.—CLOSING SCENES OF 1775.
10CHAPTER VIII. AMERICA AGAINST BRITAIN.—BOSTON TAKEN.
11CHAPTER IX. SYSTEMATIC WAR WITH BRITAIN BEGUN.
12CHAPTER X. BRITAIN AGAINST AMERICA.—HOWE INVADES NEW YORK.
13CHAPTER XI. BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND.
14CHAPTER XII. WASHINGTON IN NEW YORK.
15CHAPTER XIII. WASHINGTON TENDERS, AND HOWE DECLINES, BATTLE.—HARLEM HEIGHTS AND WHITE PLAINS.
16CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN.—TRENTON.
17CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN DEVELOPED.—PRINCETON.
18CHAPTER XVI. THE AMERICAN BASE OF OPERATIONS ESTABLISHED.—THE SECOND NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN.
19CHAPTER XVII. BRITISH INVASION FROM CANADA.—OPERATIONS ALONG THE HUDSON.
20CHAPTER XVIII. PENNSYLVANIA INVADED.—BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE.
21CHAPTER XIX. WASHINGTON RESUMES THE OFFENSIVE.—BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN.
22CHAPTER XX. JEALOUSY AND GREED DEFEATED.—VALLEY FORGE.
23CHAPTER XXI. PHILADELPHIA AND VALLEY FORGE IN WINTER, 1778.
24CHAPTER XXII. FROM VALLEY FORGE TO WHITE PLAINS AGAIN.—BATTLE OF MONMOUTH.
25CHAPTER XXIII. THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE TAKES EFFECT.—SIEGE OF NEWPORT.
26CHAPTER XXIV. MINOR EVENTS AND GRAVE CONDITIONS, 1779.
27CHAPTER XXV. MINOR OPERATIONS OF 1779 CONTINUED.—STONY POINT TAKEN.—NEW ENGLAND RELIEVED.
28CHAPTER XXVI. SHIFTING SCENES.—TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE.—SAVANNAH.
29CHAPTER XXVII. THE EVENTFUL YEAR 1780.—NEW JERSEY ONCE MORE INVADED.
30CHAPTER XXVIII. BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD.—ROCHAMBEAU.—ARNOLD.—GATES.
31CHAPTER XXIX. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE THEATRE OF WAR.
32CHAPTER XXX. THE SOLDIER TRIED.—AMERICAN MUTINY.—FOREIGN Judgment.—ARNOLD’S DEPREDATIONS.
33CHAPTER XXXI. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1781, OUTLINED.—COWPENS.—GUILFORD COURT-HOUSE.—EUTAW SPRINGS.
34CHAPTER XXXII. LAFAYETTE IN PURSUIT OF ARNOLD.—THE END IN SIGHT.—ARNOLD IN THE BRITISH ARMY.
35CHAPTER XXXIII. NEW YORK AND YORKTOWN THREATENED.—CORNWALLIS INCLOSED BY LAFAYETTE.
36CHAPTER XXXIV. BRITISH CAPTAINS OUTGENERALED.—WASHINGTON JOINS LAFAYETTE.
37CHAPTER XXXV. THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE VINDICATED.—WASHINGTON’S MAGNANIMITY.—HIS BENEDICTION.
38CHAPTER XXXVI. WASHINGTON’S PREDICTION REALIZED.—THE ATTITUDE OF AMERICA PRONOUNCED.
39APPENDICES
40APPENDIX A. AMERICAN ARMY, BY STATES.
41APPENDIX B. AMERICAN NAVY AND ITS CAREER.
42APPENDIX C. COMPARISONS WITH LATER WARS.
43APPENDIX D. BRITISH ARMY, AT VARIOUS DATES.
44APPENDIX E. ORGANIZATION OF BURGOYNE’S ARMY.
45APPENDIX F. ORGANIZATION OF CORNWALLIS’S ARMY.
46APPENDIX G. NOTES OF LEE’S COURT-MARTIAL.
47GLOSSARY OF MILITARY TERMS.
48CHRONOLOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. (pt. 1)
49CHRONOLOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. (pt. 2)
50Memorable Quotes
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