The Cape May Navy
eBook - ePub

The Cape May Navy

Delaware Bay Privateers in the American Revolution

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Cape May Navy

Delaware Bay Privateers in the American Revolution

About this book

The Delaware Bay area was a pivotal battleground during the Revolutionary War. Follow along with this history of the Cape May Navy and its part in the War for Independence.


The Delaware Bay during the Revolutionary War was vital for trade and home to a host of armed conflicts between British vessels and American privateers. Cape May County captains in their light, fast vessels captured dozens of British merchant ships off the Atlantic coast. At the Battle of Delaware Bay, Lieutenant Joshua Barney aboard the Hyder Ally overcame massive odds and defeated the British warship General Monk. Colonel Elijah Hand, local hero of the skirmish at Quinton's Bridge, took his military talents to the seas, where he dueled with Tory privateers. Still in his twenties, Yelverton Taylor captured the Triton with hundreds of Hessian soldiers on board. Authors James P. Hand and Daniel P. Stites chart the exciting history of the Cape May Navy in the War for Independence.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Cape May Navy Timeline
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The Untold Story | J.P. Hand
  9. 2. The Nature, Rewards and Dangers of Being a Privateer | D.P. Stites
  10. 3. Family Business | J.P. Hand
  11. 4. The Mechanics of Privateering: The Written Record | J.P. Hand
  12. 5. The Wiederholdt Affair | D.P. Stites
  13. 6. Trouble on the Homefront | J.P. Hand
  14. 7. Privateers, Slavery and the Revolution | J.P. Hand
  15. 8. The Caribbean Connection | D.P. Stites
  16. 9. Elijah Hand: Militia Colonel and Privateer Captain | J.P. Hand
  17. 10. Naval Battles in and around Cape May | D.P. Stites
  18. 11. Captain Enoch Stillwell and the Hawk | J.P. Hand
  19. 12. Privateers, Taverns and Rum | J.P. Hand
  20. Epilogue
  21. Appendix
  22. Bibliography
  23. About the Authors