The king's ranger : Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the southern frontier /

The king's ranger : Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the southern frontier / Edward J. Cashin.

"When examining the course of the American Revolution in the South, one often finds references to the activities of Thomas Brown, a key loyalist on the southern frontier. History, however, has relegated Brown to the status of a dark, almost mythical figure, remembering him most as the man who,...

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Main Author: Cashin, Edward J., 1927-2007.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 1999, ©1989.
Subjects:
Brown, Thomas, > 1750-1825.
American loyalists > Georgia > Biography.
Georgia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • From Yorkshire to Georgia
  • Shaping a southern strategy, 1775
  • Testing the plan, 1776
  • Frontier war, 1777-1778
  • The plan unfolds, 1779
  • The plan as the southern strategy, 1780
  • The plan fails, 1781
  • The last campaign, 1782
  • Florida interlude, 1783-1785
  • A gentleman planter
  • Whitby and St. Vincent
  • The legend and the man
  • Biographical sketches of some leading figures
  • Appendix: muster rolls, King's Rangers.

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