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

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 Frenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Travers, Len, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Series:	War, society, culture.
Subjects:	New York (State) > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Reconnaissance operations. United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Reconnaissance operations. Hodges, Joseph, > 1714-1756. Combat patrols > History > 18th century. Indian captivities > New York (State) > Lake George Region > History > 18th century. Massacres > New York (State) > Lake George Region > History > 18th century. Soldiers > New York (State) > Lake George Region > History > 18th century. Prisoners of war > New York (State) > Lake George Region > History > 18th century. New York (State) > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Prisoners and prisons. United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Prisoners and prisons. HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) HISTORY / Native American. HISTORY / Military / United States.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Recovering Lost Lives
Part I. Hodges' Scout
"Kill'd or taken"
Captain Hodges' Company
General Winslow's Dilemma
"Ye very bane of New England Men"
Slaughter
Captain Bougainville's American Adventure
Part II. Captives
Ensign Lincoln's Great Escape
The Peregrinations of Peleg Stevens
Isaac Foster at the Edges of Empire
Homecomings
The Court-Martial of Jonathan Barnes
Coda: William Merry's Tale
Appendix A: The Roll of Hodges' Scout
Appendix B: The Captives
Appendix C: William Merry's Account, Recorded 1853
Appendix D: Captain Hodges' Sword
Essay on Sources.