Hodges' Scout : a lost patrol of the French and Indian War

著者

• Travers, Len

書誌事項

Hodges' Scout : a lost patrol of the French and Indian War

Len Travers

（War, society, culture）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015

• : hardcover

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In September 1756, fifty American soldiers set off on a routine reconnaissance near Lake George, determined to safeguard the upper reaches of the New York colony. Caught in a devastating ambush by French and native warriors, only a handful of colonials made it back alive. Toward the end of the French and Indian War, another group of survivors, long feared dead, returned home, having endured years of grim captivity among the native and French inhabitants of Canada. Pieced together from archival records, period correspondence, and official reports, Hodges' Scout relates the riveting tale of young colonists who were tragically caught up in a war they barely understood. Len Travers brings history to life by describing the variety of motives that led men to enlist in the campaign and the methods and means they used to do battle. He also reveals what the soldiers wore, the illnesses they experienced, the terror and confusion of combat, and the bitter hardships of captivity in alien lands. His remarkable research brings human experiences alive, giving us a rare, full-color view of the French and Indian War - the first true world war.

目次

Acknowledgments Prologue. Recovering Lost Lives Part One 1. "Kill'd or taken" 2. Captain Hodges' Company 3. General Winslow's Dilemma 4. "Ye very bane of New England Men" 5. Slaughter 6. Captain de Bougainville's American Adventure Part Two 7. Ensign Lincoln's Great Escape 8. The Peregrinations of Peleg Stevens 9. Isaac Foster at the Edges of Empire 10. Homecomings 11. The Court-Martial of Jonathan Barnes 12. Coda Appendixes A. The Roll of Hodges' Scout B. The Captives C. William Merry's Account, Recorded 1853 D. Captain Hodges' Sword Notes Essay on Sources Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB21594312
• ISBN:
  • 9781421418056
• LCCN: 2015004325
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: xiii, 303 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : E199
  • DC23 : 940.2/534
• 件名:
  • LCSH : New York (State) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Reconnaissance operations
  • LCSH : United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Reconnaissance operations
  • LCSH : Hodges, Joseph, 1714-1756
  • LCSH : Combat patrols -- New York (State) -- Lake George Region -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Indian captivities -- New York (State) -- Lake George Region -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Massacres -- New York (State) -- Lake George Region -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Lake George Region -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Prisoners of war -- New York (State) -- Lake George Region -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : New York (State) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Prisoners and prisons
  • LCSH : United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Prisoners and prisons
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA54114324