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Perhaps the most successful -- yet forgotten -- general of his time, Jacob Jennings Brown commanded the militia defending 200 miles of the New York-Canadian border. His defense of the Lake Ontario naval base at Sackets Harbor in 1813 was rewarded with a regular army commission as brigadier general. He won more battles against British regular troops than any general in American history.Brown helped create a professional army. As division commander, and later as commanding general, he was instrumental in establishing the staff and command structure that was operational until the 20th century. Many military reforms -- among them the recruiting system and the forerunners of the modern command and staff colleges of the army -- began as suggestions from Brown.
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Sword of the Border, John D. Morris
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2000
- Rilegatura
- (Copertina rigida)
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- Titolo
- Sword of the Border
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- John D. Morris
- Editore
- Kent State University Press
- Pubblicato
- 2000
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- ISBN10
- 0873386590
- ISBN13
- 9780873386593
- Serie
- Tag
- Storie vere, Biografie
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- Perhaps the most successful -- yet forgotten -- general of his time, Jacob Jennings Brown commanded the militia defending 200 miles of the New York-Canadian border. His defense of the Lake Ontario naval base at Sackets Harbor in 1813 was rewarded with a regular army commission as brigadier general. He won more battles against British regular troops than any general in American history.Brown helped create a professional army. As division commander, and later as commanding general, he was instrumental in establishing the staff and command structure that was operational until the 20th century. Many military reforms -- among them the recruiting system and the forerunners of the modern command and staff colleges of the army -- began as suggestions from Brown.