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Shelton, Hal Terry was born on July 26, 1935 in Brownwood, Texas, United States. Son of William and Myrtle Shelton.
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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 At 3 a.m. on December 31, 1775, a band of desperate men stumbled through a raging Canadian blizzard toward Quebec. The doggedness of this ragtag militia--consisting largely of men whose short-term enlistments were to expire within the next 24 hours--was due to the exhortations of their leader. Arriving at Quebec before dawn, the troop stormed two unmanned barriers, only to be met by a British ambush at the third. Amid a withering hale of cannon grapeshot, the patriot leader, at the forefront of the assault, crumpled to the ground. General Richard Montgomery was dead at the age of 37. Montgomery--who captured St. John and Montreal in the same fortnight in 1775; who, upon his death, was eulogized in British Parliament by Burke, Chatham, and Barr; and after whom 16 American counties have been named--has, to date, been a neglected hero. Written in engaging, accessible prose, General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution chronicles Montgomery's life and military career, definitively correcting this historical oversight once and for all.
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General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution : From Redcoat to Rebel by Hal T. Shelton. New York University Press,1994
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Shelton, Hal Terry was born on July 26, 1935 in Brownwood, Texas, United States. Son of William and Myrtle Shelton.
Bachelor of Engineering, Texas Advertising & Marketing University, 1958. Master of Education, University Houston, 1972. Master of Arts in History, University Houston, 1985.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Houston, 1991.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1958—1979. Professor & associate professor, department military science Rice University, Houston, 1969—1972. Teaching research fellow, department history University Houston, 1982—1989, lecturer, department history, 1989—1991.
Professor, history San Jacinto College, Pasadena, since 1991, American Military University, Manassas, Virginia, 1994—2003. Adjunct instructor, department history North Harris College, 1986—1988.
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Married Sutthida Chantrasri, July 23, 1976.