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Author Welch, Richard F

Title General Washington's commando : Benjamin Tallmadge in the Revolutionary War / Richard F. Welch
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014

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Contents The young Whig -- First blood -- Philadelphia and New York -- Spymaster -- The oppressed island -- Slash and parry in the neutral ground -- Spycatcher -- Raider -- Yorktown, Slongo, and Huntington -- Enterprises, financial and military -- Endings and beginnings -- A new world -- Senior statesman -- An accomplished man
Summary "The multi-faceted Revolutionary War career of Benjamin Tallmadge included operations as a dragoon commander, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer, and master of combined land-sea operations. Tallmadge's Revolutionary service graphically illuminates the struggle in the region which witnessed the most continuous, relentless, often pitiless, fighting of the struggle"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835
SUBJECT Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835 fast
Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Military intelligence
Secret service
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140143
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140179
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Military intelligence
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476615363
1476615365
1306498600
9781306498609