Benedict Arnold's Navy The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution

by Nelson, James

• ISBN13: 9780071468060
• ISBN10: 0071468064
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-12
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

James Nelson's Reign of Iron won the 2004 ALA Award for Best Military History National bestsellers like 1776 and Washington's Crossing are the latest in a long line of books to demonstrate America's continued fascination with its founding fathers and the birth of the nation

Author Biography

James L. Nelson, a former sailing vessel seaman and boatswain, is the author of two series of novels about the great sailing navies: Revolution at Sea and Brethren of the Coast. His most recent novel is Glory in the Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy. He also wrote the nonfiction title Reign of Iron:The Story of the First Battling Ironclads.

Table of Contents

Prologue: October 11, 1776	ix
1775
1 The War Begins	3	(8)
2 The Road to Ticonderoga	11	(10)
3 A Gathering of Strength	21	(9)
4 The Taking of Ticonderoga	30	(6)
5 To the Victors	36	(10)
6 The Northern Theater	46	(7)
7 A Change in Command	53	(11)
8 Command of the Northern Department	64	(8)
9 North to Quebec	72	(9)
10 Invading Canada	81	(12)
11 Into the Wilderness	93	(12)
12 Montreal	105	(12)
13 The March to Quebec	117	(10)
14 Quebec Besieged	127	(6)
15 Forces joined	133	(11)
16 The Attack on Quebec	144	(15)
1776
17 The Aftermath	159	(9)
18 A Frozen War	168	(7)
19 The Early Fleet	175	(8)
20 The Commission to Canada	183	(10)
21 "God of Armies, Help Us"	193	(10)
22 "An Army Broken"	203	(7)
23 Three Rivers	210	(10)
24 Birth of Two Fleets	220	(7)
25 The Gondolas of Skenesborough	227	(8)
26 The Summer of 1776	235	(7)
27 A Most Deserving and Gallant Officer	242	(7)
28 The Fleet Comes Together	249	(8)
29 Arnold in Command	257	(7)
30 A Line of Battle	264	(11)
31 A Place to Make a Stand	275	(7)
32 The British Head South	282	(8)
33 The Battle of Valcour Island	290	(9)
34 "The Battle was Verrey Hot"	299	(11)
35 South Wind and Open Water	310	(11)
36 End of the Campaign Season	321	(6)
37 Winter Quarters	327	(6)
1777
38 The Road to Saratoga	333	(11)
39 Saratoga	344	(13)
Epilogue: Turning Points	357	(7)
Acknowledgments	364	(2)
Notes on Sources	366	(9)
Bibliography	375	(6)
Index	381