Voices of the American Revolution: Stories of Men, Women, and Children Who Forged Our Nation

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 12
How to Use This Book......Page 18
1773 Through 1775 at a Glance: Loyal Pride Turned to Kindling......Page 20
LIBER . . . TEA: The Boston Tea Party, December 17, 1773......Page 23
Liber . . . tea......Page 25
A War of Words Becomes a War of Bullets: Confrontation at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775......Page 34
A War of Words Becomes a War of Bullets: Reuben Brown’s Story......Page 36
A War of Words Becomes a War of Bullets: Lt. James Sutherland’s Story......Page 40
Staring into the Whites of Their Eyes: The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775......Page 46
Staring into the Whites of Their Eyes......Page 48
Cordial George: Washington Becomes America’s First Commander-in-Chief, July 2, 1775......Page 56
Cordial George......Page 58
Friend to Foe: The Alienation of British Soldiers and Boston Residents, 1770–1775......Page 66
Friend to Foe......Page 68
1776 at a Glance: Drums of Glory; Face of Disaster......Page 76
Children Choose: Friends Torn Apart by Political Loyalties, 1776......Page 78
Children Choose......Page 80
“United” States: Passing the Declaration of Independence, July 2, 1776......Page 89
“United” States......Page 91
Disaster by Any Other Name. . . : The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776......Page 98
Disaster by Any Other Name......Page 100
Revolution or Redcoats?: New Jersey Indecision, 1776......Page 107
Revolution or Redcoats?......Page 109
Victory or Death: Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776......Page 119
Victory or Death......Page 121
1777 at a Glance: The Best and Worst of Times......Page 130
You Go, Girl!: Women Take up the War, Groton, Massachusetts, 1777......Page 132
You Go, Girl!......Page 134
I’m an American, Too: Staying Neutral, 1777......Page 141
I’m an American, Too......Page 143
Citizen Soldiers Meet British Regulars: The Battle of Freeman’s Farm, September 19, 1777......Page 150
Citizen Soldiers Meet British Regulars......Page 152
Kill Them with Kindness: British Occupation of Philadelphia, September 1777 to June 1778......Page 159
Kill Them with Kindness......Page 161
Red Snow, Leather Stew: Winter at Valley Forge, December 1777 to April 1778......Page 168
Red Snow, Leather Stew......Page 170
1778 at a Glance: The Armies Are Stalemated While the Frontier Burns......Page 178
Red, White, and Betsy: Women in Business During the War, 1778......Page 180
Red, White, and Betsy......Page 181
Home-Fire Heroes: Life Away from the War, Summer 1778......Page 189
Home-Fire Heroes......Page 191
Water and Fire!......Page 198
War Paint: Indian Fighting on the Western Frontier, 1778–1779......Page 208
War Paint......Page 210
1779 at a Glance: The Land War Stagnates; the Seas Catch Fire......Page 218
Patriotic Plunder: The American Privateer Navy and the Battle of Penobscot Bay, September 1779......Page 220
Patriotic Plunder......Page 222
Patriot Son, Tory Traitor: Patriot Versus Tory Battles in Upstate New York, 1779......Page 234
Patriot Son, Tory Traitor......Page 235
“I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!”: Naval Battle Between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, September 23, 1779......Page 244
“I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!”......Page 246
1780 at a Glance: Southern Blood Must Flow......Page 256
Which Road to Freedom?: The Dilemma of Southern Slaves, 1780–1781......Page 258
Which Road to Freedom?......Page 260
Swamp Fox Hunt: Southern Patriot Guerrilla Fighters, 1780–1781......Page 270
Swamp Fox Hunt......Page 272
Revolutionary Revenge: Brutal Southern Civil War, 1779–1782......Page 281
Revolutionary Revenge......Page 283
Pigtail Spy: Southern Spies, 1781......Page 292
Pigtail Spy......Page 294
1781 Through 1783 at a Glance: Did We Win?......Page 306
Free and Equal: Northern Slavery, 1781......Page 308
Free and Equal......Page 310
Surrendering to a Woman: Fighting along the Hudson River, 1782......Page 318
Surrendering to a Woman......Page 320
A Fearful Farewell: Loaylists Flee for Their Lives, 1782......Page 328
A Fearful Farewell......Page 330
Alone, Broke, and Forgotten: A Soldier's Farewell to the Army, April 1782......Page 340
Alone, Broke, and Forgotten......Page 342
The American Independence Supporters......Page 352
The British and Supporters......Page 353
Weapons......Page 354
Military Terms......Page 355
References......Page 356
B......Page 372
C......Page 373
D......Page 374
F......Page 375
I......Page 376
L......Page 377
M......Page 378
O......Page 379
P......Page 380
S......Page 381
T......Page 382
W......Page 383
Y......Page 384