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- Hodges' Scout: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Series: War/Society/Culture
summary
A gritty look at the French and Indian War through the lens of the bloody skirmish of Hodges' Scout, the heretofore untold story of a lost patrol.In September 1756, fifty American soldiers set off on a routine reconnaissance near Lake George, determined to safeguard the upper reaches of the New York colony. Caught in a devastating ambush by French and native warriors, only a handful of colonials made it back alive. Toward the end of the French and Indian War, another group of survivors, long feared dead, returned home, having endured years of grim captivity among the native and French inhabitants of Canada.Pieced together from archival records, period correspondence, and official reports, Hodges' Scout relates the riveting tale of young colonists who were tragically caught up in a war they barely understood. Len Travers brings history to life by describing the variety of motives that led men to enlist in the campaign and the methods and means they used to do battle. He also reveals what the soldiers wore, the illnesses they experienced, the terror and confusion of combat, and the bitter hardships of captivity in alien lands. His remarkable research brings human experiences alive, giving us a rare, full-color view of the French and Indian War—the first true world war.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Part One: Hodges’ Scout
- 1 “Kill’d or taken”
- pp. 9-16
- 2 Captain Hodges’ Company
- pp. 17-37
- 3 General Winslow’s Dilemma
- pp. 38-59
- 4 “Ye very bane of New England Men”
- pp. 60-79
- 5 Slaughter
- pp. 80-108
- Part Two: Captives
- 7 Ensign Lincoln’s Great Escape
- pp. 123-149
- 8 The Peregrinations of Peleg Stevens
- pp. 150-172
- 9 Isaac Foster at the Edges of Empire
- pp. 173-194
- 10 Homecomings
- pp. 195-210
- 11 The Court-Martial of Jonathan Barnes
- pp. 211-244
- 12 Coda: William Merry’s Tale
- pp. 245-252
- Appendix A: The Roll of Hodges’ Scout
- pp. 253-254
- Appendix B: The Captives
- p. 255
- Essay on Sources
- pp. 287-294
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421418063
Related ISBN(s)
9781421418056, 9781421428987
MARC Record
OCLC
922889494
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No