The Battle of Plattsburgh: America's Most Important Forgotten Victory

Описание: September, 1814. The United States of America is on the verge of collapse. The war with Great Britain, now in its third year, has been a catalog of disasters. Just weeks earlier, the nation's capital, Washington D.C., was captured and burned by British troops. The government was in exile, the treasury was empty, and national morale was at an all-time low.
And now, from the north, came the knockout blow. The largest British army of the entire war—over 10,000 battle-hardened veterans, fresh from defeating Napoleon in Europe—was invading New York. Their goal: to march down the historic Lake Champlain corridor, split New England from the rest of the country, and force a humiliating American surrender.
Standing in their way was a tiny, cobbled-together American army and a small, makeshift fleet. By all accounts, it was a hopeless situation. But what happened next, in a forgotten corner of New York, would become one of the most decisive and ingenious victories in American history. This is the story of the battle that saved the nation: The Battle of Plattsburgh.

American war history:
   • part of the American revolutionary war  

historical place in America:
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