Year of the Hangman

by Williams, Glenn F.

• ISBN13: 9781594160417
• ISBN10: 1594160414
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Westholme Pub Llc

Summary

After two years of fighting, Great Britain felt confident that the American rebellion would be crushed in 1777, the "Year of the Hangman." Britain devised a bold new strategy. Turning its attention to the colonial frontiers, especially those of western New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, Britain enlisted its provincial rangers, Tories, and allied warriors, principally from the Iroquois Confederacy, to wage a brutal backwoods war in support of General John Burgoyne's offensive as it swept southward from Canada in an attempt to cut the colonies in half, divert the Continental army, and weaken its presence around British-occupied New York City and Philadelphia.

Author Biography

Glenn F. Williams is Historical Operations Officer at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington, DC

Table of Contents

Introduction: WE CALLED YOU "TOWN DESTROYER"	IX
1. THE KING'S INDIAN ALLIES	1	(18)
2. DUNMORE'S WAR	19	(28)
3. YEAR OF THE HANGMAN	47	(27)
4. THE APPROACHING STORM	74	(25)
5. BUTLER'S RANGERS	99	(15)
6. THE BATTLE OF WYOMING	114	(20)
7. THE WHOLE COUNTRY MAY MEET THE SAME FATE	134	(22)
8. ON DANGEROUS SERVICE	156	(17)
9. THE CHERRY VALLEY MASSACRE	173	(15)
10. WASHINGTON'S PLAN	188	(25)
11. NOT MERELY OVERRUN, BUT DESTROY	213	(27)
12. THE SULLIVAN EXPEDITION	240	(24)
13. THE BATTLE OF NEWTOWN	264	(26)
Conclusion: THEIR SETTLEMENTS MUST EVER BE IN OUR POWER	290	(7)
A Contemporary Account of the Wyoming "Massacre"	297	(2)
Key Personalities	299	(6)
Chronology	305	(4)
Orders of Battle	309	(2)
Notes and References	311	(30)
Bibliography	341	(7)
Acknowledgements	348	(1)
Index	349