The British raid on Essex : the forgotten battle of the War of 1812

• Tác giả: Jerry Roberts
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0819574767
• ISBN-13: 978-0819574763
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 973.525 Naval operations
• Mô tả vật lý: x, 197 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : , illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; , 24 cm
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 349279
• Chủ đề: 1. Privateering--Connecticut

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index

Tóm tắt

Examines the 1814 British attack on the privateers of Pettipaug, also known as the British Raid on Essex, when an American traitor guided the enemy up the Connecticut River to where they burned 27 American vessels