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20 SAR MAGAZINE Naval actions did play an important role. The bravery exhibited by Continental, Colonial and privateer navy sailors, who challenged the world's most powerful navy, is unmistakable. Most of the naval battles were not won by the American navies; however, as shown at the Battle of Valcour Island, defeat in battle can lead to final victory. American valor exhibited on Lake Champlain directly influenced events that led to the ultimate prize: independence. Though many sailors lost their lives during the Revolution, the payoff for their families was great: liberty. We should always thank these brave sailors for their patriotism, service and sacrifice. References 1 Robert H. Patton, Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution (New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2008), front flap. 2 Mark Lardas, Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy (Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2009), 17. 3 Jonathan N. Hall, Revolutionary War Quiz & Fact Book (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1999), 125. 4 James L. Stokesbury, A Short History of the American Revolution (New York, NY: William Marrow and Company, Inc., 1991), 167. 5 Lardas, Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy, 7. 6 "The Continental Congress Commits to a Navy, 30 October 1775," U.S. Naval Institute, October 30, 2010, http://www.navalhistory.org/2010/10/30/the-continental- congress-commits-to-a-navy-30-october-1775 (accessed December 8, 2012). 7 John Ferling, Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free (New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press, 2011), 189. 8 "The Continental Congress Commits to a Navy, 30 October 1775," U.S. Naval Institute. 9 Alan Axelrod, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution (Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2000), 295. 10 Mark Mayo Boatner III, "James Warren." Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. 1966. 11 "The Continental Congress Commits to a Navy, 30 October 1775," U.S. Naval Institute. 12 Lardas, Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy, 9. 13 Ibid., 12. 14 Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo, Daily Life During The American Revolution (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2003), 313. 15 Hall, Revolutionary War Quiz & Fact Book, 140. 16 Lardas, Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy, 28-29. 17 Hall, Revolutionary War Quiz & Fact Book, 140. 18 James L. Nelson, George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008), 86. 19 "Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Tuesday, July 18, 1775, Page 189" Library of Congress, www.memory.loc.gov, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(jc00264) (accessed December 27, 2012). 20 Hall, Revolutionary War Quiz & Fact Book, 127. 21 Lardas, Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy, 17. 22 Alan Axelrod, The Real History of the American Revolution: A New Look at the Past (New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007), 313. 23 Nelson, George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea, iii. 24 Patton, Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution, 107. 25 Ibid., 119. 26 Ibid., 107. 27 Axelrod, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution, 302. 28 Michael Lee Lanning, The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War for Independence, Ranked by their Significance (Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008), 221-222. 29 Robert Leckie, George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution (New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993), 306. 30 Leckie, George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution, 214-215. 31 Axelrod, The Real History of the American Revolution: A New Look at the Past, 121. 32 Leckie, George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution, 297. 33 David Eggenberger, Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present (New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967; reprint, Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1985), 456 (page citations are to the reprint edition). 34 Mark Mayo Boatner III, "Canada Invasion—Carleton's Counteroffensive." Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, 1966. 35 Leckie, George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution, 297. 36 Axelrod, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution, 142. 37 David F. Burg, The American Revolution (New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc., 2001), 137. 38 R.G. Grant, Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare (New York, NY: DK Publishing, 2011), 166. 39 Paul H. Silverstone, The Sailing Navy: 1775-1854 (New York, NY: CRC Press, 2006), 15-16. 40 Axelrod, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution, 144. 41 Lanning, The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War for Independence, Ranked by their Significance, 103. 42 Hall, Revolutionary War Quiz & Fact Book, 39. 43 Axelrod, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution, 143. 44 John R. Bratten, The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain (College Station, TX: Texas A&M; University Press, 2002), 58-59. 45 R.G. Grant, Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare, 166. 46 Axelrod, The Real History of the American Revolution: A New Look at the Past, 123. 47 Lanning, The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War for Independence, Ranked by their Significance, 104. 48 Nathan Miller, Sea of Glory: The Continental Navy Fights for Independence (New York, NY: David McKay, 1974), 178. 49 Gardner W. Allen, A Naval History of the American Revolution, Volume 1 (Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 176. 50 Grant, Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare, 166. 51 Leckie, George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution, 305-306. 52 Lanning, The American Revolution 100: The People, Battles, and Events of the American War for Independence, Ranked by their Significance, 104. 53 Ibid., 22. 54 Paul K. Davis, 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001), 254. 55 Leckie, George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution, 306. 2013 Knight Essay Contest Winner WINTER_14_sar18-25.indd 20 2/5/14 11:03 AM