Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Ebook362 pages8 hours
George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
About this ebook
- Complements the author’s last book, the well-received Benedict Arnold’s Navy
- Details an important but rarely mentioned event in American history
Author
James L. Nelson
James L. Nelson has served as a seaman, rigger, boatswain, and officer on a number of sailing vessels. He is the author of By Force of Arms, The Maddest Idea, The Continental Risque, Lords of the Ocean, and All the Brave Fellows -- the five books of his Revolution at Sea Saga. -- as well as The Guardship: Book One of the Brethren of the Coast. He lives with his wife and children in Harpswell, Maine.
Read more from James L. Nelson
Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack Glory in the Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith Fire and Sword: The Battle of Bunker Hill and the Beginning of the American Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5George Washington's Great Gamble: And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to George Washington's Secret Navy
Related ebooks
The Enemy Harassed: Washington's New Jersey Campaign of 1777 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBest Little Stories: Voices of the Civil War: Nearly 100 True Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge Washington's Great Gamble: And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Benedict Arnold, The Fighting General Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouthern Seahawk: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Towards Gettysburg: A Biography Of General John F. Reynolds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Winter that Won the War: The Winter Encampment at Valley Forge, 1777–1778 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLook Away: An Epic Novel of the Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFriendly Fire in the Civil War: More Than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Seven Days Before Richmond: Mcclellan’S Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and Its Aftermath Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHidden History of Rhode Island and the Civil War Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 5 1780 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConceived in Liberty: A Novel of Valley Forge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRecollections of War Times: By An Old Veteran while under Stonewall Jackson and Lieutenant General James Longstreet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Spotsylvania Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Little Short of Boats: The Battles of Ball's Bluff & Edwards Ferry, October 21–22, 1861 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Battle of Fort Donelson: No Terms but Unconditional Surrender Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fire on the Ocean: Naval War of 1812 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCivil War Northern Virginia 1861 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorthern Vermont in the War of 1812 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781: The Winning of American Independence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Nation: Causes of the Civil War 1859-1861 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Grand Scuttle: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ironclads and Columbiads: The Coast Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWild Yankees: The Struggle for Independence along Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Frontier Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5With Crook At The Rosebud Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
History For You
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wise as Fu*k: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Lessons of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Capitals of Texas, Part 1 (Episode 4, pt. 1): The Podcast About Texas History 0% found this document usefulCapitals of Texas part 2: Houston and Austin go to War! (ep. 5): Houston and Austin go to War! 0% found this document usefulGrassroots Politics and Reconstruction 0% found this document usefulThe Whiskey Rebellion 0% found this document useful866: Metrics for the Masses | Jeremy Klaperman, CFO, Rho: Jeremy Klaperman, CFO, Rho 0% found this document usefulMadness At Sea - A History 0% found this document usefulSHIPWRECKED IN THE CHOPTANK RIVER + OYSTER DRUDGIN’ | Waterman | Capt. Wade Murphy 0% found this document usefulCruising During Corona - Tyler Buckingham On-Board Holland America's Last Caribbean Cruise | Field Notes 0% found this document usefulIconic Ships 13: Thermopylae: The Finest All-Round Clipper of Them All? 0% found this document useful576 Celebrity Equinox + Cruise News | Celebrity Cruises: 576 Celebrity Equinox + Cruise News | Celebrity Cruises 0% found this document usefulHow To Cruise - Part 1 of 4 0% found this document useful32E39 - It's Your Ship 0% found this document usefulEp. 29: Kate McConville- Crabs, Clams, Sharks and Boats 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Saratoga History of WarArticle
Saratoga
Feb 21, 2019
10 min readThe War On The Net Civil War TimesArticle
The War On The Net
Sep 25, 2018
altchive.org/private-voices In January 1862, a scuffle broke out in the camp of the 6th North Carolina Infantry, which was part of the Confederacy’s blockade of the Potomac River. The Carolinians had been skirmishing with Federal defenders on the Mar
1 min read‘Valiant Val’ Reexamined America's Civil WarArticle
‘Valiant Val’ Reexamined
Nov 16, 2021
4 min readA Widow’s Campaign Civil War TimesArticle
A Widow’s Campaign
Jan 21, 2020
11 min read‘Old Brains’ And ‘Granny Lee’ Civil War TimesArticle
‘Old Brains’ And ‘Granny Lee’
Mar 9, 2021
THE RELATIONSHIP between soldiers and their commanders can be indicated by nicknames, which also provide insights into how opponents and civilians on both sides thought about various generals. Nathan Bedford Forrest, lauded by Confederates as the “Wi
4 min readMaking Up Mike American HistoryArticle
Making Up Mike
Aug 24, 2021
4 min readCrossing The ‘Rubicon’ America's Civil WarArticle
Crossing The ‘Rubicon’
Jul 27, 2021
14 min read‘Murderous’ Fire America's Civil WarArticle
‘Murderous’ Fire
Dec 24, 2019
4 min readWeek Of War Civil War TimesArticle
Week Of War
Mar 9, 2021
10 min readWhat’s In A Name? Civil War TimesArticle
What’s In A Name?
Jun 29, 2021
1 min readHaunted America's Civil WarArticle
Haunted
Dec 24, 2019
13 min readGrant’s Vicksburg Game Changer America's Civil WarArticle
Grant’s Vicksburg Game Changer
Feb 26, 2019
10 min readRespect Earned America's Civil WarArticle
Respect Earned
Aug 27, 2019
13 min readFatal Sabbath America's Civil WarArticle
Fatal Sabbath
Dec 24, 2019
7 min readRebel Thunder America's Civil WarArticle
Rebel Thunder
Jul 27, 2021
13 min readCloaked Vengeance America's Civil WarArticle
Cloaked Vengeance
Aug 18, 2020
13 min read‘Have We Come To This?’ America's Civil WarArticle
‘Have We Come To This?’
Jan 17, 2023
5 min readMust See, Must Read Wild WestArticle
Must See, Must Read
Mar 26, 2019
12 min readTipping Point MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military HistoryArticle
Tipping Point
Nov 7, 2017
13 min readAntietam’s Deadly Harvest America's Civil WarArticle
Antietam’s Deadly Harvest
Dec 15, 2020
9 min readPivotal Western Summer Civil War TimesArticle
Pivotal Western Summer
Oct 19, 2021
2 min readMen And Nature Ablaze Civil War TimesArticle
Men And Nature Ablaze
Dec 14, 2021
2 min readAsleep At The Gap MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military HistoryArticle
Asleep At The Gap
May 7, 2019
16 min read‘We Have Labered And Fought’ Civil War TimesArticle
‘We Have Labered And Fought’
Oct 19, 2021
12 min read‘Splendid Strategy’ America's Civil WarArticle
‘Splendid Strategy’
Feb 9, 2021
3 min readGreat Battles YORKTOWN History of WarArticle
Great Battles YORKTOWN
Apr 14, 2018
13 min readDuck River Odyssey Civil War TimesArticle
Duck River Odyssey
Feb 22, 2022
6 min readCanal Fever American HistoryArticle
Canal Fever
May 16, 2023
1 min readAir Blast Killed Crew of Confederate Submarine FuturityArticle
Air Blast Killed Crew of Confederate Submarine
Aug 27, 2017
The H.L. Hunley, the first combat submarine to sink an enemy ship, also instantly killed its own eight-man crew with the powerful explosive torpedo it carried, according to new research. The Hunley’s first and last combat mission occurred during the
4 min readHidden Gettysburg Civil War TimesArticle
Hidden Gettysburg
Jul 23, 2019
2 min read
Reviews for George Washington's Secret Navy
Rating: 4.1363635 out of 5 stars
4/5
11 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
George Washington's Secret Navy - James L. Nelson
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1