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Memoirs Of Major Robert Stobo Of The Virginia Regiment

Memoirs Of Major Robert Stobo Of The Virginia Regiment

Stobo, Robert

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Historical Figures20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 935450244X
ISBN13: 9789354502446
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Captured on the edge of empire, Major Robert Stobo wrote to survive and to serve. A prisoner with a purpose. His Memoirs trace the perilous geography of the colonial Ohio Valley, where alliances shifted and the French and Indian War hardened into the wider Seven Years War. Part historical memoir and part colonial military memoir, Stobo's account is a rare, close-range record of frontier captivity and the intelligence war. Held under guard at Fort Duquesne, he observed its defences, supply lines and command culture, shaping what later readers call Fort Duquesne intelligence: the kind of detail commanders prized and historians still chase. Set against 18th century Virginia and the contested rivers beyond, the narrative speaks to the experience of the George Washington Virginia Regiment era without romantic varnish, offering a practical view of soldiers, terrain and consequence. For American history research, Stobo remains an indispensable military history reference, a primary source often treated as an annotated primary source collection alongside Seven Years War diaries. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Read for the drama of a frontier captivity narrative; keep for the shelf as a lasting document of British and colonial ambition at the margins of a new continent. For collectors of classic Americana, it stands as a sober witness to war-making and survival on the early American frontier in urgent prose.

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