America's First Marines: Gooch's American Regiment, 1740- 1742 by Offen, Lee G.

America's First Marines: Gooch's American Regiment, 1740- 1742 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463521141)

Vendor: Lee G. Offen
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$16.50
$16.50
$16.50
Subtotal: $16.50
America's First Marines: Gooch's American Regiment, 1740- 1742 by Offen, Lee G.

America's First Marines: Gooch's American Regiment, 1740- 1742

$16.50
America's First Marines: Gooch's American Regiment, 1740- 1742 by Offen, Lee G.

America's First Marines: Gooch's American Regiment, 1740- 1742

$16.50
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
In 1740 Great Britain declared war on Spain and so began the War of Jenkin's Ear. The British decided to include American soldiers in the land force element of their Caribbean expedition, bringing Gooch's Regiment into being. The Regiment was nominally commanded by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and composed of thirty-six companies raised in nine North American colonies. One of those companies was commanded by Lawrence Washington, the elder half brother of George Washington. They fought as Marines at the siege of Cartagena, an occupation of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an assault on Portobello and finally an occupation of the Island of Ruatan. They were forced to serve as sailors, replacing an ever dwindling number of seamen suffering from life in the tropics in the days before modern medicine. They were America's First Marines

Author: Lee G. Offen
ISBN-10: 1463521146
ISBN-13: 9781463521141
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/29/2011
Pages: 82
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.21d
By Lee G. Offen
By Lee G. Offen
x
Lee Offen is a retired U.S. Army Major who resides in Springfield Virginia. He is an Armored Cavalry Combat Veteran, former Airborne Infantryman and a recipient of the Bronze Star. He has his Masters Degree in Government from Campbell University and was Assistant Professor of Military Science at Georgetown University and George Mason University. A graduate of the U.S. Army Military History Instructors Course, he is also a historical re-enactor and avid student of 17th and 18th century history.

Recently Viewed Products