The life and times of General Andrew Pickens : Revolutionary War hero, American founder /

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"Though best known as a Revolutionary War general, Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) was more than just an influential military figure in the early American republic, also serving as a church leader, justice of the peace, legislator, and congressman. In this book, Rod Andrew Jr. offers the first compr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andrew, Rod, Jr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Temas:
Pickens, Andrew, > 1739-1817.
Pickens, Andrew, > 1739-1817
1775-1865
Generals > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Generals
Legislators
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
United States > History > 1783-1865 > Biography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1783-1865 > Biographies.
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Family pilgrimage
  • Family, war, and order
  • The backcountry militia
  • Defending the new order, 1777-1779
  • Liberty and virtue in a conquered land
  • The "brave and valuable" Colonel Pickens : the Cowpens campaign
  • The North Carolina campaign
  • Fighting his way back home
  • Ninety Six and Eutaw
  • A state of alarm and confusion
  • Rebuilding civil society
  • General Pickens, Indian Treaty commissioner
  • The struggle for peace
  • The strong hand of government, 1789-1793
  • War, peace, and corruption, 1793-1797
  • Every thing that was possible for men of honor to do
  • Retirement and looking back.

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