Peter Gansevoort (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Peter Gansevoort (July 17, 1749 - July 2, 1812) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort was also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville.He was born into the Dutch aristocracy of Albany, New York. His father Harman (1712-1801) represented the third generation in America, while his mother, Magdalena Douw Gansevoort (1718-1796) was connected with the Van Rensselaer family {Her mother was a granddaughter of Jeremias Van Rensselaer}.