Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: John GibsonPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306750
Category : York County
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This work embraces about 1,200 sketches of 19th-century York Countians. Most sketches include a variety of genealogical and biographical data.
The Ground Swallowed Them Up
Author: Scott L. Mingus, Sr.Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979291555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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History of York County, Maine
Author: W. Woodford ClaytonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Historic York County
Author: Michael C. ScogginsPublisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 189361994X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
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History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: Israel Daniel RuppPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Sticks 'n Stones
Author: Daisy D. MyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9780971810846
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Cabal!
Author: Mark Edward LenderPublisher:
ISBN: 9781594164194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The First Comprehensive Historical Investigation into the Conway Cabal, the Attempt to Remove George Washington from Command In the spring of 1778, General George Washington wrote to his friend Landon Carter about a rumored "disposition in the Northern Officers to see me superceded in my Command." This was as candid a statement as the general ever made about the so-called "Conway Cabal" of patriot officers and politicians critical of his leadership. Most early historians of the Revolution took the threat to Washington seriously, but by the mid-twentieth century interpretations had reversed, with the plot--if one existed--posing no real danger to the commander-in-chief. Yet, as historian Mark Edward Lender reveals in his compelling Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, clues found in original new research provide a more comprehensive understanding of the personalities and political maneuverings of those involved in the Cabal, and the real nature of the challenge to Washington. Rather than the "classic Cabal" of Generals Horatio Gates, Thomas Mifflin, and Thomas Conway in a plot to remove Washington quickly, the threat to Washington's command was a gradual administrative attempt by the Board of War and political allies to take over the war effort. Reorganized in late 1777 under the leadership of Mifflin, with Gates assuming the board presidency in January 1778, the Board of War sought authority to determine military policy and strategic goals, all training, organizational, personnel, and logistical functions, and even the assignment of theater commanders. Had they succeeded, Washington's title of commander-in-chief would have been utterly hollow. The Cabal tested Washington as few other things did during the war and perhaps tempered him into the man we remember today. Washington adroitly navigated the challenges to his leadership, meeting and defeating every attempt to curtail his authority. His response revealed a leadership style that saw him safely through the war, and gave him overwhelming support from his countrymen to become their first president.
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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History of Pennsylvania
Author: Philip S. KleinPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103839X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 651
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