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9780811714976

Battle of Paoli The Revolutionary War "Massacre" Near Philadelphia, September 1777

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  • ISBN13:

    9780811714976

  • ISBN10:

    0811714977

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2015-01-15
  • Publisher: Stackpole Books

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This first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle of Paoli recounts the British surprise attack on a Continental Army division near Philadelphia in September 1777. A crushing defeat for the Americans, the battle became known as the "Paoli Massacre". Philadelphia fell to the British a week later.

  • Reconstructs the battle from the maneuvering that preceded it to the bloody aftermath
  • Explains how this relatively small clash affected the larger Philadelphia Campaign and shaped American strategy for the rest of the war

    • Author Biography

    Thomas McGuire teaches American history at Malvern Preparatory School near Paoli, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Battle of Paoli and Stop The Revolution.

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