Before and After the Deluge: A New Assessment of Clinton's Dam, 1779

On the evening of August 8, 1779, soldiers knocked open the sluices of a temporary dam holding back Otsego Lake, the headwaters of the Susquehanna River. At nine o'clock the next morning they paddled and poled over 200 batteaux, heavily laden with provisions, baggage, and munitions, on the now...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pennsylvania History. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 1934. - 85(2018), 4, Seite 441-459
1. Verfasser: Starna, William A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hasbargen, Leslie
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Pennsylvania History
Schlagworte:American Revolution General James Clinton Otsego Lake
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