The Story Of Valcour Island Battle: Participants And Vessels The Story Of Valcour Island Battle: Participants And Vessels

The Story Of Valcour Island Battle: Participants And Vessels

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Publisher Description

The Battle of Valcour Island, also known as the Battle of Valcour Bay, was a naval engagement that took place on October 11, 1776, on Lake Champlain. The main action took place in Valcour Bay, a narrow strait between the New York mainland and Valcour Island. The battle is generally regarded as one of the first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the first fought by the United States Navy. Most of the ships in the American fleet under the command of Benedict Arnold were captured or destroyed by a British force under the overall direction of General Guy Carleton. However, the American defense of Lake Champlain stalled British plans to reach the upper Hudson River valley.



And this book provides new information about the Battle of Valcour Island which took place on Lake Champlain in October of 1776. It contains a biography of sixteen of the seventeen captains of the American vessels that were in the battle. No such comprehensive information has been published before. It contains a description of all of the American vessels in the battle as well as the story of how the first vessels of the American fleet were obtained and how the last group of vessels was destroyed or captured in 1777.



In addition, the book includes first-hand accounts from pension applications, journals, memoirs and letters of American participants, and journals and letters of British participants. Finally, the book contains a never-before-published roster of 448 officers and men who participated in the battle on the American side.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2021
17 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
243
Pages
PUBLISHER
Jan Sevenbergen
SIZE
988.6
KB

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