OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9771

Metadata
Title:		Journal of the operations of the American War
Contributor:		Sullivan, Thomas, 1755-
Date:		1778
Description:		A firsthand narrative of the early years of the American Revolution written by Thomas Sullivan, an Irish-born sergeant serving with the British 49th Regiment of Foot. Sullivan describes the events from his arrival in North America just prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill through his participation in the Long Island, Philadelphia, and New Jersey Campaigns. Sullivan's journal is written in a meticulous hand and may originally have been intended for publication. It does not appear to have seen print, however, until extracts appeared in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography in 1910. In 1997, the complete journal, edited by Joseph Lee Boyle, was published by Heritage Books. Among the engagements described are Bunker Hill, Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, and Red Bank, but he reports as well on events that he did not personally witness, drawing liberally upon published sources to fill out his narrative. The "diary" ends abruptly with the entry for July 28, 1778. In terms of Native American content, Sullivan describes Indians acting as scouts and Indian military aid in the battle of Germantown and with Burgoyne near Ticonderoga, 1777.
Extent:		422 pages
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9771
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Haudenosaunee
		United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
		Warfare
		Great Britain. Army
		Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
		United States. Continental Army
		Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
		Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778
		Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
		White Plains, Battle of, White Plains, N.Y., 1776
		Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777
		Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777
		Red Bank, Battle of, N.J., 1777
		Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--Capture, 1777
Type:		Journals
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9771
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Citation:		Sullivan, Thomas, 1755-. 1778. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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