Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781 av Phillip Thomas Tucker

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<B>Discover the little-known role Alexander Hamilton played in the decisive battle of the American Revolution: Yorktown.</B><BR><BR><I>Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781</I> is the first book in nearly two and a half centuries that has ever been devoted to the story of Alexander Hamilton’s key contributions in winning the most decisive victory the of the American Revolutionary war at Yorktown. Past biographies of Hamilton, including the most respected ones, have minimized the overall importance of the young lieutenant colonel’s role and battlefield performance at Yorktown, which was key to forcing the surrender of Lord Cornwallis’s army. <BR><BR> Hamilton led the assault on strategic Redoubt Number Ten, located on the left flank of the British defensive line, and captured the defensive bastion—an accomplishment that ensured the defeat and surrender of Cornwallis’s army that won the American Revolution and changed the course of