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

by Nelson, James L.

• ISBN13: 9780071489874
• ISBN10: 0071489878
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

In October 1776, four years before Benedict Arnold's treasonous attempt to hand control of the Hudson River to the British, his patchwork fleet on Lake Champlain was all that stood between British forces and a swift end to the American rebellion. Benedict Arnold's Navy is the dramatic chronicle of that desperate battle and of the extraordinary events that occurred on the American Revolution's critical northern front. Award-winning historian James L. Nelson tells how Arnold's fearless leadership against staggering odds secured for America the independence he would later try to betray. Book jacket.

Author Biography

James L. Nelson is the author of twoseries of novels about the great sailing navies: Revolution at Seaand Brethren of the Coast. His nonfiction book Reign of Iron: TheStory of the First Battling Ironclads was named the best militaryhistory book of 2004 by the American Library Association.

Table of Contents

Prologue: October 11, 1776	p. ix
1775
The War Begins	p. 3
The Road to Ticonderoga	p. 11
A Gathering of Strength	p. 21
The Taking of Ticonderoga	p. 30
To the Victors	p. 36
The Northern Theater	p. 46
A Change in Command	p. 53
Command of the Northern Department	p. 64
North to Quebec	p. 72
Invading Canada	p. 81
Into the Wilderness	p. 93
Montreal	p. 105
The March to Quebec	p. 117
Quebec Besieged	p. 127
Forces Joined	p. 133
The Attack on Quebec	p. 144
1776
The Aftermath	p. 159
A Frozen War	p. 168
The Early Fleet	p. 175
The Commission to Canada	p. 183
"God of Armies, Help Us"	p. 193
"An Army Broken"	p. 203
Three Rivers	p. 210
Birth of Two Fleets	p. 220
The Gondolas of Skenesborough	p. 227
The Summer of 1776	p. 235
A Most Deserving and Gallant Officer	p. 242
The Fleet Comes Together	p. 249
Arnold in Command	p. 257
A Line of Battle	p. 264
A Place to Make a Stand	p. 275
The British Head South	p. 282
The Battle of Valcour Island	p. 290
"The Battle was Verrey Hot"	p. 299
South Wind and Open Water	p. 310
End of the Campaign Season	p. 321
Winter Quarters	p. 327
1777
The Road to Saratoga	p. 333
Saratoga	p. 344
Epilogue: Turning Points	p. 357
Acknowledgments	p. 364
Notes on Sources	p. 366
Bibliography	p. 375
Index	p. 381
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