Audiobook13 hours
Field of Corpses: Arthur St. Clair and the Death of an American Army
Written by Alan D. Gaff
Narrated by Walter Dixon
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
From Alan Gaff, author of the highly acclaimed Bayonets in the Wilderness, comes the real story of this stunning defeat against the Native American nations in the Northwest Territory. In three hours on the morning of November 4, 1791, General Arthur St. Clair lost one half of his soldiers as well as his reputation.
November 4, 1791, was a black day in American history. General Arthur St. Clair's army had been ambushed by Native Americans in what is now western Ohio. In just three hours, St. Clair's force sustained the greatest loss ever inflicted on the United States Army by Native Americans-a total nearly three times larger than what incurred in the more famous Custer fight of 1876. It was the greatest proportional loss by any American army in the nation's history. By the time this fighting ended, over six hundred corpses littered an area of about three and one half football fields laid end to end. Still more bodies were strewn along the primitive road used by hundreds of survivors as they ran for their lives with Native Americans in hot pursuit. It was a disaster of cataclysmic proportions for George Washington's first administration, which had been in office for only two years.
November 4, 1791, was a black day in American history. General Arthur St. Clair's army had been ambushed by Native Americans in what is now western Ohio. In just three hours, St. Clair's force sustained the greatest loss ever inflicted on the United States Army by Native Americans-a total nearly three times larger than what incurred in the more famous Custer fight of 1876. It was the greatest proportional loss by any American army in the nation's history. By the time this fighting ended, over six hundred corpses littered an area of about three and one half football fields laid end to end. Still more bodies were strewn along the primitive road used by hundreds of survivors as they ran for their lives with Native Americans in hot pursuit. It was a disaster of cataclysmic proportions for George Washington's first administration, which had been in office for only two years.
Author
Alan D. Gaff
Alan D. Gaff is an independent scholar and the author of many books, including Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir, Bayonets in the Wilderness, Blood in the Argonne, and On Many a Bloody Field, hailed as “a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship” (The Bookwatch). He lives in Indiana.
Related to Field of Corpses
Related audiobooks
The Battle of Kings Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts: The Battle That Turned The Tide of the American Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Revolution Stories: Forgotten Tales of Bravery, Betrayal, and Triumph during the Revolutionary War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Traitor: General James Wilkinson's Betrayal of the Republic and Escape from Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFighting After the War: A History of the Most Famous American Battles that Took Place after the Wars Had Ended Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJohn Haslet's World: An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLast of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Heroes in the Revolutionary War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Crossing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Enemy Harassed: Washington's New Jersey Campaign of 1777 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife Of Abraham Lincoln Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRed Cloud’s War: The History and Legacy of the Only 19th Century War Won by Native Americans against the United States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Whirlwind of War: Voices of the Storm, 1861-1865 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeneral Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best of American Heritage: Lincoln Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Presidency of George Washington: Inspiring a Young Nation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRip Van Winkle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlamo of the Revolution: Benedict Arnold and the Massacre at Fort Griswold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUlysses S. Grant: The War Years Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Popular History of Ireland, Book 08 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Young Folks' History of the American Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Rare Recording of The Civil War's Confederate Rebel Yell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJ.E.B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKing Philips War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Virginian Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government: Volume I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRobert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Wars & Military For You
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Five Rings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of Anne Frank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Korean War: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Founding Mothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kill Anything That Moves Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Field of Corpses
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews