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Author:
Hubert, Patricia M.
Title:
Major Philip M. Ulmer : a hero of the American Revolution / Patricia M. Hubert ; foreward by Arthur Cohn.
Publisher:
The History Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
760 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject:
Ulmer, Philip Martin,--1751-1816.
United States.--Continental Army--Officers--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
Heroes--United States--Biography.
United States--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Maine--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-747) and index.
Contents:
Timeline -- Overview of Philip Ulmer's military life -- The Ulmer family comes to America -- The Revolution begins -- Expedition to Canada -- Defense of Lake Champlain -- New York and New Jersey -- American covert activities in France -- Battles of Trenton, Assunpink and Princeton -- Winter quarters at Morristown -- Battle of Saratoga -- Valley Forge -- Political unrest -- Privateering during the Revolution -- British attempt to annex Maine -- The war ends in Maine -- Changes in Massachusetts after the war -- Philip Ulmer after the war -- The years after the war -- The War of 1812 -- Last years of the Ulmer brothers -- Appendix A: Pension petition of Philip Ulmer -- Appendix B: Pension petition of Christiana Ulmer.
ISBN:
1626195145
9781626195141
OCLC:
(OCoLC)890080320
LCCN:
2014035002
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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