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American Maritime Prisoners in the Revolutionary War: The Captivity of William Russell
American Maritime Prisoners in the Revolutionary War The Captivity of William Russell
Author: Francis D. Cogliano
The fact that more Americans died in British captivity than in combat during the Revolutionary War will come as a shock to many because the treatment of prisoners has received little attention until now. Most of the twenty thousand American seamen taken captive were held on prison ships in New York harbor and in naval prisons in England. Their d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781557501943
ISBN-10: 1557501947
Pages: 218
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Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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