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War in the peaceable kingdom : the Kittanning raid of 1756 /

On the morning of September 8, 1756, a band of about three hundred volunteers of a newly created Pennsylvania militia led by Lt. Col. John Armstrong crept slowly through the western Pennsylvania brush. The night before they had reviewed a plan to quietly surround and attack the Lenape, or Delaware,...

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Main Author: Crytzer, Brady, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, LLC, [2016]
Subjects and Genres:
1700-1799
Military campaigns.
Pennsylvania > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Campaigns.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Campaigns.
Kittanning (Pa.) > History, Military > 18th century.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 1754-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans) > Campagnes et batailles.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1754-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans) > Campagnes et batailles.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania > Kittanning.
United States.
Military history.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : a political war
  • The original people
  • Invasion
  • Taking up the hatchet
  • Into darkness
  • Season of war
  • War footing
  • The raid
  • Epilogue : victory.

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