General Richard Montgomery and the American Revo by Hal T. Shelton PAPERBACK

General Richard Montgomery and the American RevolutionFrom Redcoat to Rebel\nAuthor(s): Hal T. Shelton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814780398, 978-0814780398\nSynopsis\nChronicles the life and military of a neglected hero of the American RevolutionGeneral Richard Montgomery\n \""Brave, humane, and generous . . . still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this country.\""Member of British Parliament Lord North, upon hearing of General Richard Montgomery's death in battle against the British\nAt 3 [url] on December 31, 1775, a band of desperate men stumbled through a raging Canadian blizzard toward Quebec. The doggedness of this ragtag militiaconsisting largely of men whose short-term enlistments were to expire within the next 24 hourswas due to the exhortations of their leader. Arriving at Quebec before dawn, the troop stormed two unmanned barrier.