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General David Wooster : hero of the American Revolution, 1710-1777 /

"David Wooster, Revolutionary War General, though woefully understudied, was one of the most influential figures in Colonial Connecticut. A study of his life is a study of the major events that shaped New England. The growth of his military leadership from the 1740s until his death in 1777, was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Jason Edwin, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]
Subjects:
Wooster, David, > 1710 or 1711-1777.
Connecticut. > Militia > Biography.
United States. > Continental Army > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776 > Biography.
Connecticut > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
Ridgefield, Battle of, Ridgefield, Conn., 1777 > Biography.
New York (State) > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Biography.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Connecticut > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • David Wooster's early years (1710-1738)
  • First military action (1739-1746) : the War of the Austrian Succession and the Siege of Louisbourg
  • Civilian life (1747-1753)
  • The French and Indian War (1753-1764)
  • The brewing storm (1763-1774)
  • Wooster's involvement in the Revolutionary War (1775)
  • 1776
  • 1777
  • Wooster's legacy
  • Appendix 1: Historiographic essay on eighteenth-century colonial Connecticut
  • Appendix 2: "On the death of General Wooster" : a poem by Phillis Wheatley, July 1778
  • Appendix 3. Excerpts from the Connecticut Journal on the death of Wooster.