The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780: Volume Two of the Revolution Trilogy (Rick Atkinson - WH) photograph In April 1862

In April 1862

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Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war

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The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780: Volume Two of the Revolution Trilogy (Rick Atkinson - WH) photograph In April 1862The first twenty one months of the American Revolutionwhich began at Lexington and ended at Princetonwas the story of a ragged group of militiamen and soldiers fighting to forge a new nation. By the winter of 1777, the exhausted Continental Army could claim only that it had barely escaped annihilation by the worlds most formidable fighting force. Two years into the war, George III is as determined as ever to bring his rebellious colonies to heel. But