Antique REVOLUTIONARY WAR United States History MILITARY WASHINGTON Revolution

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Antique REVOLUTIONARY WAR United States History MILITARY WASHINGTON Revolution:
$149.99

PUBLISHED IN 1876 TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:

THE BOYS OF \'76

A HISTORY OF THE BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

THE BOYS OF \'76. A History of the Battles of the Revolution. By Charles Carleton Coffin. Published in 1876 by Harper & Brothers, New York. 9\" x 7\" decorated cloth hardcover, embossed with gilt design. Illustrated with engravings. 398 pages.

CONDITION: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Handsome exterior as shown wuth some wear at corners and spine ends. Binding firm. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. Good example of this rare 138-year-old Revolutionary War title.

DESCRIPTION:

This is a history of the important battles of the Revolutionary War. Written to appeal to a younger audience, author Charles Carleton Coffin describes the historic events through the eyes of Elijah Favor of Ryefield, New Hampshire, a 16-year-old who takes up arms after hearing about the British attack on Concord. Elijah Favor is fictional, but he serves as a literary device that allows the author to introduce chapter after chapter of historical fact including detailed descriptions of important battles, profiles of the military leaders involved, and much more. All illustrated with dozens upon dozens of old time engravings.

In the Preface, the author writes:

The story of the American Revolution -- what our fathers accomplished, their hardships, heroism, and self-denial, in securing the independence of the country and in advancing liberty and happiness throughout the world -- will have an interest and charm of its own so long as the desire for freedom exists in the hearts of men.

In this volume an attempt has been made to give a concise, plain, and authentic narrative of the principle battles of the Revolution as witnessed by those who took part in them.

Although the name of Elijah Favor may not be found on the Ryefield muster roll, yet we have more than his counterpart in the person of Alexander Scammell, who fought at Bunker Hill, became Washington\'s trusted adjutant-general, and who gave his life to his country at Yorktown ...

One hundred years have passed since \"the Boys of \'76\" shouldered their muskets and fought for their liberties. The sufferings, hardships, hatreds and barbarities of that struggle, all have passed away, and Americans and Britons are brothers; but the story of the struggle -- the patriotism, self-denial and devotion -- will never be forgotten. That a perusal of these pages may deepen the love of the boys of the present generation for their country, and quicken their love for liberty and the rights of man, is the earnest hope of the author.

The book, which I hope you\'ll read regardless of age, has an effect that its author probably never considered -- it shows us how Americans of 1876 still recognized and respected the immense debt we owe to the men and women of the American Revolution, an appreciation that is sadly all but lost today.

One of the shining assets of this book is its treasure trove of historic illustrations. It would probably take you years to track down all these images on your own, yet here they are in a single volume. More than 300 in all -- scenes of battle, portraits of Washington and his officers, sites of historical significance, period vignettes, maps and more. All rendered in a classic 19th-century style that imparts a real sense of the era. One of the most touching is a simple illustration of a soldier\'s mother sitting alone by the kitchen hearth, gazing into the flames, an expression of solemn repose on her face as she waits for her son to return from the battlefield. The caption reads: Never again will she hear the footsteps of her boy ...

In order to give you the most accurate description of this rare old Revolutionary War title, I have provided some helpful details below, starting with the Table of Contents. For the benefit of buyers who are historians, genealogists, etc. -- and who routinely use books like this for specific research -- I have also prepared a summary of the many historic illustrations in the book. You can see some of these illustrations for yourself at the bottom of this page.

All of this is to help you make an informed decision when offerding. I hope you\'ll take a few moments to have a look.

Contents Are: (1) The Alarm (2) Bunker Hill (3) Battle of Bunker Hill (4) Driving the British Out of Boston (5) Expedition to Quebec (6) Fort Sullivan (7) Battle of Long Island (8) Evacuation of New York (9) Battle of White Plains (10) Lake Champlain (11) Battle of Trenton (12) Princeton (13) Ticonderoga and Hubbardton (14) Fort Schuyler (15) Bennington (16) Brandywine (17) Stillwater (18) Germantown (19) The Highlands of the Hudson (20) Saratoga (21) Operations of the Delaware (22) Valley Forge and Philadelphia (23) Stony Point (24) Monmouth (25) Affairs in Rhode Island (26) Affairs in South Carolina (27) West Point (28) King\'s Mountain and the Cowpens (29) General Greene\'s Retreat (30) Guilford Court House (31) Eutaw (32) Fort Griswold (33) Yorktown (34) Yorktown (35) Conclusion.

Historic Illustrations Include: The Alarm * Portrait of Samuel Adams * Portrait of John Hancock * Portrait of Lord North * A Tory carted through the streets * Boys ridiculing a Tory * Portrait of Paul Revere * \"The Regulars are coming!\" * Ebenezer Dorr astride his horse * The Lexington Massacre * The British troops on Concord Common * \"Let us stand our ground!\" * Major Pitcairn stirring his Brandy * Mr. Hunt\'s house * Burning the cannon carriages * Map of the Concord fight * \"The shot heard \'round the world\" * Troops halt near the home of Elisha Jones * Merriam\'s Corner on the Lexington Rode * View of Bunker Hill * Portrait of General Israel Putnam * Portrait of General Joseph Warren * Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill * Bunker Hill * The burning of Charlestown * How Bunker Hill looked after the battle * Israel Putnam putting out the fire at Fort Edward * Putnam being saved by the French commander * General Putnam starts for Boston * Putnam\'s \"Gen\'l Wolfe\" sign * Portrait of General Washington * Washington taking command of the Army * Washington\'s headquarters in Cambridge * Boston, with its environs, 1776 * \"From the Right Bank of the Potomac, General!\" * Portrait of General Henry Knox * View of Boston from Dorchester, where the intrenchments were erected * British fortifications on the Neck * The Old South Church * Getting the boats around the Falls * Arnold\'s root to Quebec * View of Point Levi from Quebec * Wolfe\'s Ravine * Portrait of Richard Montgomery * Portrait of General Guy Carleton * The Cliff * Where Arnold attacked * Portrait of Lord Germain * Portrait of Colonel Moultrie * Fort Sullivan * Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton * Charleston in 1776 * Portrait of Sir Peter Parker * Sullivan\'s Island and the position of the British fleet * How the guns were mounted * The Flag * Portrait of Sergeant Jasper * King\'s Bridge * View of New York with the entrance of the North and East Rivers * Washington\'s headquarters * The British fleet in the Lower Bay * The place where the British landed * Map showing the Battle of Long Island * Portrait of Lord Stirling * Doherty\'s description * New York in 1776 * John Callender saved by a British officer * Lord Stirling\'s last struggle around the Old Cortelyon house * Browyer\'s Mill * View at Marblehead * Portrait of Colonel Glover * Colonel Glover superintending the Embarkation * Jacobus Kip\'s house * The Beekman Mansion * The Morris House * Battlefield at Harlem * Howe\'s headquarters * Washington\'s White Plains headquarters * Portrait of Alexander Hamilton * Where the British crossed the Bronx * View of Chatterton Hill * Operations after the evacuation of New York in 1776 * View of the Palisades * Landing of British forces in the Jerseys, Nov. 20, 1776 * Engagement between Valcour Island and the western shore of Lake Champlain * Action on the 13th of October * Scene of Arnold\'s Naval Battle * The neetmok crew escaping * Independence Hall * Portrait of General Charles Lee * The Lee House * Portrait of General Sullivan * View of Trenton * Where Washington crossed the Delaware * Washington crossing the Delaware * Trenton in 1877 * Colonel Rall\'s headquarters * Portrait of Robert Morris * Bridge at Worth\'s Mill * Battle of Princeton * Princeton in 1777 * The battleground at Princeton * Portrait of General Burgoyne * St Johns in 1776 * Isle Aux Noix * View of Crown Point * A tender-hearted hyena * Portrait of Edmund Burke * Burgoyne making a speech to the Indians * Country around Ticonderoga * View of Ticonderoga * Chimney Point * View of Ticonderoga and the Lake, from Mount Defiance * Portrait of General St. Clair * The site where the boats were burned * The Battle of Hubbardton * The Hubbardton battlefield * Albany 100 years ago * Portrait of General Philip Schuyler * Bundle of sticks * The Johnson House * The Butler House * The Church * The Mohawk at Little Falls * Stone meeting house at German Flats * Portrait of Colonel Gansevoort * Portrait of Colonel Marinus Wil1ett * St Leger\'s attack against Fort Schuyler * The Oriskany battlefield * General Herkimer\'s house * The tree where Jane M\'Crea was murdered * John Langdon house * Portrait of General John Stark * Dragging the cannon * New Hampshire boys * Van Schaick\'s mi1l * The Bennington battleground * Bennington Heights * A text thief * Battle of Bennington * Washington\'s headquarters at Brandywine * The Chad House * The Langtrea cottage * Portrait of Lafayette * Lafayette\'s headquarters at Brandywine * Place where Howe and Clinton crossed the Brandywine * Birmingham meeting house * Plan of the Battle of Brandywine, September 11th, 1777 * Place where Knyphausen crossed the Brandywine * Howe\'s headquarters after the Battle of Brandywine * Old Philadelphia * Portrait of Taduscz Kosciuszko * General Gates\' headquarters at Saratoga * The Neilson House * Portrait of Colonel Morgan * Colonel Morgan\'s house * Flag of Morgan\'s Rifle Corps * Battlefield at Stillwater * The Tunker meetinghouse * The Chew House in Germantown * The Chew Coach * Reception in the Chew House * Battle of Germantown * View from Fort Clinton looking north * Portrait of General George Clinton * bloody Pond * Burning the ships * The prison ship Jersey * Battle of the 7th of October * \"Never again will hear the footsteps of her boy ...\" * The house where General Fraser died * General Frazer\'s grave * General Schuyler house * General Schuyler\'s mill * The house occupied by Baroness Reidesel * The Cellar * Burgoyne\'s camp on the 13th of October * Surrender of Burgoyne * Place where the British laid down their arms * Operations on the Delaware * The Fort at Red Bank * Whitall\'s house at Red Bank * View from Red Bank * Explosion of the British ship * Fort Mifflin * Continental money * General Howe\'s quarters at High Street, Philadelphia * Whitemarsh * Lydia Darrah\'s house * Washington\'s headquarters at Valley Forge * Baron Steuben * One of the ladies * Portrait of Captain Cathcart * View of Stony Point * Portrait of General Anthony Wayne * \"The Fort is our own!\" * Stony Point and Verplanck\'s Point * A baggage abcxs wagon * The country between New York and Philadelphia * The meetinghouse at Freehold * Plan of the Battle of Monmouth * The Monmouth Battlefield * Portrait of Colonel Barton * The house where Prescott was captured * The Alden Tavern * Portrait of Admiral D\'Estaing * Map of Rhode Island in 1778 * British encampment * Butts\' Hill looking south * View looking north from Butts\' Hill * Portrait of General Lincoln * Portrait of Governor Rutledge * Plan of the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina * Portrait of Colonel Tarleton * The butchery of Buford\'s men * Andrew and the British officer * Birthp1ace of Andrew Jackson * Portrait of Baron de Kalb * Portrait of Colonel Sumter * View of Rugeley\'s Bridge * Marion going to join Gates * Sander\'s Creek * Plan of the battle fought near Camden SC, August 16th, 1780 * Marion pursuing the British * Map of Hudson River at West Point * Part of the Chain across the Hudson River * The Beverly Robinson House * Portrait of Benedict Arnold * Portrait of Major John Andre * View of West Point * Arnold\'s headquarters, the Beverly Robinson House * Portrait of Colonel Robinson * Smith House * Portrait of Colonel Lamb * Portrait of Honora Sneyd * The midnight meeting of Arnold, Andre and Smith * View of the Hudson River between Dobb\'s Ferry and West Point * View from the Smith House * The breakfast of hasty-pudding * The 0ld Dutch Church at Sleepy Hollow * The old mill in Sleepy Hollow * The Headless Horseman, Sleepy Hollow * The capture of Major Andre * Doherty’s description * Portrait of Major Tallmadge * The Breakfast room * Arnold\'s escape * A sketch by Major Andre made the day before he was executed * Monument to Andre * King\'s Mountain battle ground * Depeyster raises a white Flag * Portrait of General Nathaniel Greene * Portrait of Colonel William Washington * Portrait of Col. John E Howard * View of the Cowpens Battleground * Cowan\'s Ford * Where Greene crossed the Yadkin * Portrait of Colonel Otho H. Williams * The Cavalry retreats * Greene crossing the Dan * Portrait of Colonel Lee * The Pond * Guilford Court House * Thibodeault\'s redoubt * Portrait of General Marion * General Marion inviting the British officer to dinner * Marion and Lee capturing Fort Watson * Nelson\'s Ferry * Eutaw Springs * Portrait of Colonel Pickens * Portrait of Rochambeau * Portrait abcxs of Thomas M\'Kean * Raleigh Tavern * \"Give me liberty or give me death!\" * Position of the British and French fleets previous to the action * The landing at Jamestown * Governor Nelson House * Siege of Yorktown, October 1781 * Lauzun * Where Adjutant- General Scammell was killed at Yorktown * The fortifications at Yorktown * View at Yorktown * Moore\'s house * The British Flag * The British surrendering the colors * Washington\'s headquarters below Newburgh * Interior room, Washington\'s headquarters at Newburgh.

REMEMBER FOLKS, THIS IS AN 1876 ORIGINAL. THIS BOOK IS 139 YEARS OLD.

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