Description A Major New Biography of a Man of Humble Origins Who Became One of the Great Military Leaders of the American Revolution On January 17, 1781, at Cowpens, South Carolina, the notorious British cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton and his legion had been destroyed along with the cream of Lord Cornwallis\'s troops.
About the author ALBERT Louis Zambone is host of the popular podcast "Historically Speaking." He earned his Ph D in American History from the University of Oxford, an MA in Medieval Studies at the.
Using social history and other advances in the discipline that had not been available to earlier biographers, the author provides an engrossing portrait of this storied per-sonality of America\'s founding era--a common man in uncommon times.
In Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life, the first biogra-phy of this iconic figure in forty years, historian Albert Louis Zambone presents Morgan as the quintessential American everyman, who rose through his own dogged determination from poverty and obscurity to become one of the great battlefield commanders in American history.
When Morgan\'s troops blocked the British retreat at Saratoga in 1777, ensuring an American victory, he received accolades from across the colonies.
Washington soon recognized Morgan\'s leadership and tactical abilities.
From that moment on, Morgan\'s presence made an immediate impact on the battlefield and on his superiors.
When George Washington called for troops to join him at the siege of Boston in 1775, Morgan organized a select group of riflemen and headed north.
There he worked in mills and as a teamster, and was recruited for Braddock\'s disas-trous expedition to take Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755.
Born in New Jersey in 1736, he left home at seventeen and found himself in Virginia\'s Shenandoah Valley.
Once a barely literate backcountry laborer, Morgan now stood at the pinnacle of American martial success.
The man who planned and executed this stunning American victory was Daniel Morgan.
Description A Major New Biography of a Man of Humble Origins Who Became One of the Great Military Leaders of the American Revolution On January 17, 1781, at Cowpens, South Carolina, the notorious British cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton and his legion had been destroyed along with the cream of Lord Cornwallis\'s troops
