General Washington's commando : Benjamin Tallmadge in the Revolutionary War /

General Washington's commando : Benjamin Tallmadge in the Revolutionary War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Welch, Richard F., author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Description:	ix, 193 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Tallmadge, Benjamin, -- 1754-1835. Tallmadge, Benjamin, -- 1754-1835 American Revolution (1775-1783) Military intelligence. Secret service. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Military intelligence. United States. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9971394

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ISBN:	9780786479634 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786479639 (softcover : alk. paper) 9781476615363 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The multi-faceted Revolutionary War career of Benjamin Tallmadge included operations as a dragoon commander, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer, and master of combined land-sea operations. Tallmadge's Revolutionary service graphically illuminates the struggle in the region which witnessed the most continuous, relentless, often pitiless, fighting of the struggle"--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Young Whig
2. First Blood
3. Philadelphia and New York
4. Spymaster
5. The Oppressed Island
6. Slash and Parry in the Neutral Ground
7. Spycatcher
8. Raider
9. Yorktown, Slongo, and Huntington
10. Enterprises, Financial and Military
11. Endings and Beginnings
12. A New World '
13. Senior Statesman
14. An Accomplished Man
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index