Horatio Gates : : Defender of American Liberties / / Samuel White Patterson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Patterson, Samuel White,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1966]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 1966
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FOREWORD /; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; Part One. THE KING'S BUSINESS, 1727-75 --; II. TRAVELLER'S REST --; Part Two. IN AMERICA'S CAUSE, 1775-83 --; III. WASHINGTON'S RIGHT HAND AT CAMBRIDGE --; IV. SCHUYLER, GATES, ARNOLD --; V. AT WASHINGTON'S REQUEST --; VI. "BY THE VOTE OF ELEVEN STATES" --; VII. STILLWATER, SEPTEMBER 19-OCTOBER 6, 1777 --; VIII. STILLWATER, OCTOBER 7-17, 1777 --; IX. THE VICTOR OF SARATOGA --; X. WASHINGTON OR GATES? --; XI. CONWAY'S LETTER TO GATES --; XII. THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER --; XIII. GATES AS PRESIDENT OF THE WAR BOARD --; XIV. THE HIGHLANDS, BOSTON, PROVIDENCE --; XV. SOUTHERN WILLOWS --; XVI. WASHINGTON AND GATES AT THE LAST CANTONMENT --; Part Three. TO THE END OF THE ROAD, 1783-1806 --; XVII. THE KNIGHT OF TRAVELLER'S REST --; XVIII. THE PEACE OF ROSE HILL FARM --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231883870; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/patt91466
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Samuel White Patterson.

Traces the early military career of Horatio Gates, emphasizing Gates's services as an organizer, administrator, and disciplinarian and offering explanations in defense of the controversial points in Gates's career.