References: 1778 Battles and Skirmishes

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Amory
Amory, Thomas C. "Siege of Newport, R.I. in 1778." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 17 (September 1879), pp. 163-164.

Bennett and Lennon
Bennett, Charles E., and Lennon, Donald R. A Quest for Glory, Major General Robert Howe and the American Revolution. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Boatner
Boatner, Mark M, III. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1994.

Cherry Valley
Ballard
Ballard, Edward, ed. "Letters of Gen. Stark and Others Relative to Operations in Cherry Valley in 1778." Historical Magazine, 10 (June 1866), pp. 172-176.

Dain
[Dain, John]. "Attack on Cherry-Valley." Edited by Edward Ballard. Historical Magazine, 2d Ser. 5 (April 1869), pp. 276-277.

Goodnough
Goodnough, David. The Cherry Valley Massacre, November 11, 1778; The Frontier Atrocity that Shocked a Young Nation. New York: Franklin Watts, 1968.

Little
Little, Mrs. William S. "The Massacre of Cherry Valley." Publication Fund Series, Rochester Historical Society, 6 (1927), pp. 99-128.


Davis
Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. "The British Invasion of Georgia in 1778." Atlanta Historical Journal, 24 (Winter 1980), pp. 5-25.

Demarest
Demarest, Thomas. "The Baylor Massacre - Some Assorted Notes and Information." Bergen County History 1971 Annual. River Edge, NJ: Bergen County Historical Society, 1971, pages 28-93.

Desmarais
1. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War In Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc. 2009.

2. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War In New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc. 2010.

3. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War In New Jersey: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc. 2011.

4. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War In Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc. 2012.

5. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War In South Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc. 2009.

6. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War In the Deep South and on the Frontier: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca, Inc. 2009.

7. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1775-1776. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

8. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1777. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

9. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1778. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

10. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1779. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

11. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1780. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

12. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1781. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

13. Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: 1782-1783 and Overseas. Lincoln, RI: Revolutionary Imprints, 2016.

Kemp
Kemp, Franklin W. A Nest of Rebel Pirates. Egg Harbor City, NJ: Laureate Press, 1966.

Lawrence
Lawrence, Alexander A. "General Robert Howe and the British Capture of Savannah in 1778." Georgia Historical Quarterly, 36 (December 1952), pp. 303-327.

Monmouth
Azoy
Azoy, A.C.M. "Monmouth: The Battle that was won at Valley Forge." Infantry Journal, 46 (November-December 1939), pp. 566-582.

Bell
Bell, Andrew. "Copy of a Journal By Andrew Bell, Esq., At one time the Confidential Secretary of general Sir Henry Clinton. Kept during the march of the British Army through New-Jersey in 1778." Proceedings of the New jersey Historical Society, 6 (September 1851), pp. 15-19.

de Peyster
de Peyster, John Watts. "The Battle of Monmouth: Monmouth Court-House, or Freehold, Sunday 28th June, 1778." Magazine of American History, 2 (july 1878), pp. 407-413.

Hamilton & Irvine
Hamilton, Alexander, and Willaim Irvine. "The Battle of Monmouth." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 2 (1878), pp. 139-148.

King
King, Charles. "The Battle of Monmouth Court House." Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 4 (September 1849), pp. 125-141.

Lewis
Lewis, Theodore B. "Was Washington Profane at Monmouth?" New Jersey History, 89(Fall 1971), pp. 149-162.

McHenry
McHenry, James. "The Battle of Monmouth Described by Dr. James McHenry, Secretary to General Washington." Edited by Thomas H. Montgomery. Magazine of American History, 3 (June 1879), pp. 355-363.

Smith
Smith, Samuel S. The Battle of Monmouth, Monmouth Beach, NJ: Philip Freneau Press, 1964.

Stryker
Stryker, William S. The Battle of Monmouth. Edited by William Starr Myers. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1927.

Thayer
Thayer, Theodore. The making of a Scapegoat: Washington and Lee at Monmouth. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1976.



Munn
Munn, David C. Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey. Trenton: Bureau of Geology and Topography, Department of Environmental Protection, 1976. Downloadable version.

NDAR
Naval Documents of the American Revolution. Volumes 11-13 edited by Michael J. Crawford, cover the year 1778 as far as 15 August 1778. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005, 2013, 2019. Downloadable Pdfs availble free from Navaal History and Heritage Command

O'Kelley
O'Kelley, Patrick. Nothing but Blood and Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas Volume 1, 1771-1779. Bangor, ME: Booklocker.com, Inc., 2004.

Peckham
Peckham, Howard, editor. The Toll of Independence: Engagements & Battle Casualties of the American Revolution. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Stockbridge Indian Massacre
De Voe
De Voe, Thomas F. "The Massacre of the Stockbridge Indians, 1778." Magazine of American History, 5 (September 1880), pp. 187-195.

Walling
Walling, Richard S. "Nimham's Indian Company of 1778: The Events Leading up to the Stockbridge Massacre of August 31, 1778." Available online.

Walling
Walling, Richard S. "Death in the Bronx; the Stockbridge Indian Massacre, August 31, 1778" Journal of the Native American Institute, Columbia-Greene Community College; Vol. 1., No. 2, Spring,1998." Available online.



Stryker
Stryker, William S. The Affair at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, October 15, 1778. Trenton, NJ: Naar, Day & Naar, 1894.

Wyoming
Butler
Butler, Zebulon. "Correspondence of Col. Zebulon Butler, Wyoming, June-December 1778." Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 7 (1902), pp. 131-150.

Butler
Butler, Zebulon. "Orderly Book of Col. Zebulon Butler, at Wyoming, August-December 1778." Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 7 (1902), pp. 106-130.

Davis
Davis, Andrew McFarland. "Account of the Wyoming Massacre of 1778." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 23 (October 1887), pp. 340-347. [2d Ser. Vol. 3]

Hayden
Hayden, Horace Edwin. "Echoes of the Massacre of Wyoming." Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 7 (1902), pp. 78-105; 12 (1911-12), pp. 69-104.

Myers
Myers, Wilbur A., ed. Book of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Battle of Wyoming, July 1-4, 1928. Wilkes Barre, PA: Smith-Bennett Corp., 1928.

Patterson
Patterson, D. Williams. "Mrs. Skinner and the Massacre at Wyoming." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 14 (July 1860), pp. 265-266.

Williamson
Williamson, James R. "Westmoreland County, Connecticut: Bloodiest Battle of the Revolution." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, 46 (July 1981), pp. 86-96.