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Artemas Ward (characters)

This character appears in 10 books.


  1. 1776

    by David G. McCullough

    Artemas Ward: The first overall leader of the assembled militia forces outside Boston after the war began; ranked second in seniority to Washington in the Continental Army. He commanded the Eastern Department, which was largely responsible for containing the British at Newport, until 1777, when he resigned due to poor health.

  2. Rise to Rebellion

    A Novel of the American Revolution

    by Jeff Shaara

  3. The Ascent of George Washington

    The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon

    by John E. Ferling

  4. The Life Of Artemas Ward

    by Charles Martyn

  5. Washington

    A Life

    by Ron Chernow

    Artemas Ward: From Massachusetts, he was chosen by the Second Continential Congress as the first major general. Ward never warmed to Washington and resented being upstaged by him.

  6. The Whites of Their Eyes

    Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington

    by Paul Douglas Lockhart

  7. Independence

    The Struggle to Set America Free

    by John E. Ferling


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