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Author : Erna Risch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Supplying Washington's Army written by Erna Risch and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521309254
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Revolutionary War (War of American Independence) written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This significant historical book on a previously unexplored aspect of the Revolutionary War was produced by the Center of Military History, providing an important basic reference on the military history of the Revolution. This book brings together for the first time a mass of data on the various institutions involved in keeping Washington's troops in the field. It should have a large impact on future accounts of the problems and operations of the Continental Army and serve as a standard reference on its supply system for decades to come. Military operations of the American Revolution have been fully covered in numerous volumes, but these works have included relatively little analysis of how the Continental Army was kept in the field. Accounts have described how Revolutionary soldiers left bloody tracks in the winter snow as they marched without shoes to defeat the British at Trenton. Their stamina and fortitude have been extolled in descriptions of the distress they suffered at Valley Forge. The curious reader, however, is left to wonder how the soldier was clothed and armed and why there was such a shortage of provisions. This study seeks to provide answers as to how the main Continental army, the army directly under General George Washington's control, was maintained in the field for eight years. Partial Contents: PREFACE * 1. THE CONTINENTAL ARMY * Appointment of Supply Chiefs * Gradual Evolution of a War Department * Mercantile Capitalism * Common Features of Supply Organization * Lack of a Stable Currency * Supply by Expropriation * Phases of Logistical Support * Preparations and Sources of Supply * Size of Continental Forces * 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT * Appointment of Officers * Organization Under Mifflin * First Regulatory Measure * Mifflin's Services and Resignation * Appointment of Greene * Criticism of the Department * Reform of the Department * Appointment of Pickering * 3. LAND TRANSPORTATION * Need for Organic Transportation * Manufacture of Wagons * Establishment of the Wagon Department * Procedures and Abuses * Appointment of James Thompson * Proposals for an Enlisted Wagon Corps * Wagons on the Supply Lines * Congressional Action * Changes in the Wagon Department * Distress on the Supply Lines * Preparations for the 1781 Campaign * 4. FORAGE DEPARTMENT * Supply and Cavalry * Increased Demands in New York * First Regulatory Measure * Reasons for Forage Deficiency * Biddle's Reform Proposals * Problems Confronting Biddle * Biddle's Resignation and Recall * Forage Supply Under Pickering * 5. OTHER QUARTERMASTER SUPPORT * Water Transportation * The Boat Department * Sheltering the Troops * Quartermaster Artificers * 6. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSARIAT * Appointment of Trumbull * Criticism of the Department * Regulation of 1777 * Appointment of William Buchanan * Continuation of the Issuing Department * Regulation of 1778 * Regulation of 1780 * 7. SUBSISTING THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMISSARIAT * Adoption of a Uniform Ration * The Ration and Health * Preparation of Food * Flour Supply Under Trumbull * Importance of Salt Meat Supply Under Trumbull Magazines * Supply During the Winter of 1776-1777 * Background for Valley Forge * Suspension of Meat Procurement * Competitive Measures for Flour Supply * Factors Hampering Meat Supply * Preparations Under Wadsworth * Flour for a Joint Venture Interference in Commissariat Matters * Transfer of Convention Troops * Depreciation and Supply * Distress at Morristown * 8. FROM COMMISSARIES TO CONTRACTORS * Criticism of the System * Possible Allied Cooperation * Breakdown of the Specific Supplies System * Limited Application of the Contract System * Contractual Authority * The Yorktown Campaign * Contractual Arrangements * Contract for a Moving Army * 9. ORGANIZATION OF THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT * more
Author : Robert K. Wright
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Continental Army written by Robert K. Wright and published by Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army. This book was released on 1983 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.
Author : Ricardo A. Herrera
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469667320
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Feeding Washington's Army written by Ricardo A. Herrera and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major new history of the Continental Army's Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest and coldest days of the American Revolution: the Valley Forge winter. Here, the army launched its largest and riskiest operation—not a bloody battle against British forces but a campaign to feed itself and prevent starvation or dispersal during the long encampment. Herrera brings to light the army's herculean efforts to feed itself, support local and Continental governments, and challenge the British Army. Highlighting the missteps and triumphs of both General George Washington and his officers as well as ordinary soldiers, sailors, and militiamen, Feeding Washington's Army moves far beyond oft-told, heroic, and mythical tales of Valley Forge and digs deeply into its daily reality, revealing how close the Continental Army came to succumbing to starvation and how strong and resourceful its soldiers and leaders actually were.
Author : Marko Zlatich
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781855323841
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (238 download)
Download or read book General Washington's Army (1) written by Marko Zlatich and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1994-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the period 1775-78 of the American Revolutionary War, General Washington commanded three separate armies: the New England Army of 1775; the one-year army of the United Colonies, renamed Army of the United States in July 1776; and the forces established by the Continental Congress to serve for three years from January 1777, or for the duration. In this, the first of two studies by Marko Zlatich (Men-at Arms 290 continues the treatment, covering the period from 1779-83), the systems used by state and Continental authorities to procure clothing materials, the quantities they obtained and the specifications of the uniforms themselves are all examined in detail.
Author : Mary C. Gillett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Army Medical Department, 1775-1818 written by Mary C. Gillett and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendices include laws and legislation concerning the Army Medical Department. Maps include those of territories and frontiers and Continental Army hospital locations. Illustrations are chiefly portraits.
Author : Michael Harris
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 161121162X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Brandywine written by Michael Harris and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brandywine Creek calmly meanders through the Pennsylvania countryside today, but on September 11, 1777, it served as the scenic backdrop for the largest battle of the American Revolution, one that encompassed more troops over more land than any combat fought on American soil until the Civil War. Long overshadowed by the stunning American victory at Saratoga, the complex British campaign that defeated George WashingtonÕs colonial army and led to the capture of the capital city of Philadelphia was one of the most important military events of the war. Michael C. HarrisÕs impressive Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777, is the first full-length study of this pivotal engagement in many years. General Sir William Howe launched his campaign in late July 1777, when he loaded his army of 16,500 British and Hessian soldiers aboard a 265-ship armada in New York and set sail. Six difficult weeks later HoweÕs expedition landed near Elkton, Maryland, and moved north into Pennsylvania. WashingtonÕs rebel army harassed HoweÕs men at several locations including a minor but violent skirmish at CoochÕs Bridge in Delaware on September 3. Another week of hit-and-run tactics followed until Howe was within three miles of ChadsÕs Ford on Brandywine Creek, behind which Washington had posted his army in strategic blocking positions along a six-mile front. The young colonial capital of Philadelphia was just 25 miles farther east. Obscured by darkness and a heavy morning fog, General Howe initiated his plan of attack at 5:00 a.m. on September 11, pushing against the American center at ChadsÕs Ford with part of his army while the bulk of his command swung around WashingtonÕs exposed right flank to deliver his coup de main, destroy the colonials, and march on Philadelphia. Warned of HoweÕs flanking attack just in time, American generals turned their divisions to face the threat. The bitter fighting on Birmingham Hill drove the Americans from the field, but their heroic defensive stand saved WashingtonÕs army from destruction and proved that the nascent Continental foot soldiers could stand toe-to-toe with their foe. Although fighting would follow, Philadelphia fell to HoweÕs legions on September 26. HarrisÕs Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. More than a decade in the making, his sweeping prose relies almost exclusively upon original archival research and his personal knowledge of the terrain. Enhanced with original maps, illustrations, and modern photos, and told largely through the words of those who fought there, Brandywine will take its place as one of the most important military studies of the American Revolution ever written."
Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549864858
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (648 download)
Download or read book American Revolution Encyclopedia - Sweeping Account of All Aspects of the Revolutionary War (War of Independence) Including Army, Campaigns, Battles, Intelligence, and Valley Forge (Part 1 Of 2) written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating stories and history of the American Revolutionary War. With twenty-two chapters, this unique compilation provides a stunning, richly detailed overview of the military strategies, campaigns, battles, and personalities of the war. Because of the enormous size of this encyclopedia, it has been split into two parts for the paperback version. Part One Contents: Chapter 1 - Stories From The American Revolution * Chapter 2 - Battles of the American Revolution * Chapter 3 - The Revolution: Day By Day * Chapter 4 - From Gentility to Atrocity: The Continental Army's Ways of War * Chapter 5 - The American Revolution: Basics * Chapter 6 - The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation * Chapter 7 - Timeline of the American Revolution * Chapter 8 - Supplying Washington's Army Part Two Contents: Chapter 8 - Supplying Washington's Army (Concluding sections) * Chapter 9 - Birth of the Navy, John Paul Jones, Vessels of the Continental Navy * Chapter 10 - Army NCO History: American Revolution * Chapter 11 - Intelligence and the Revolutionary War * Chapter 12 - Intelligence in the War of Independence * Chapter 13 - Thomas Knowlton and His Rangers, The Taproot of U.S. Army Intelligence * Chapter 14 - Rangers in Colonial and Revolutionary America * Chapter 15 - Training the Army, The Musket Drill * Chapter 16 - The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, French Participation in the American Revolution * Chapter 17 - The Battle of Camden, South Carolina * Chapter 18 - The Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of the Cowpens, South Carolina * Chapter 19 - The British Campaign for Philadelphia and the Occupation of Valley Forge in 1777 * Chapter 20 - Valley Forge History * Chapter 21 - Tolerably Comfortable: A Field Trial of a Recreated Soldier Cabin at Valley Forge * Chapter 22 - Bibliography of The American Revolution: Military History The encyclopedia opens with a basic introduction, Stories from the American Revolution, providing a capsule history of the war from protests in 1763 to the end game at Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris. There is a discussion of African-Americans, American Indians, privateers, and the role of religion in the Revolutionary Period. There are biographies of General George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Salem Poor, Captain John Paul Jones, John Adams, Haym Salomon, and Thomas Paine. The second chapter gives a good overview of the major battles of the revolution. Chapter Three provides a very thorough day-by-day overview through 1783. The next chapter is an essay about the continental army's ways of war. Chapter Five discusses the factors contributing to the success of the American colonies as they revolted against British rule. The following chapter by the U.S. Army is a detailed account of the Army in the forging of a nation, beginning with the European heritage of the colonies. A major section provides a timeline of the revolution with numerous original document transcriptions, placing each text in the context of its history. It gives extraordinary contemporaneous insight into the thoughts and plans of key players in the drama, including Washington. Supplying Washington's Army is the next section of this incredible encyclopedia, answering the question of how the soldiers were clothed and armed and why there was such a shortage of provisions. The role of the first American Navy, and Captain John Paul Jones, is covered in the next chapter, which includes a full list of vessels of the Continental Navy. The history of the U.S. Army noncommissioned officer (NCO), dating back to 1775 with the birth of the Continental Army, is discussed in the next chapter. There are four chapters on intelligence, including the role of Army rangers and Thomas Knowlton. A brief chapter describes the musket drill. Army-supplied histories of four major battles provide vivid accounts: Camden, King's Mountain, Philadelphia, and the Virginia Campaign.
Author : Peter Young
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850450620
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)
Download or read book George Washington’s Army written by Peter Young and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1972-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organization of George Washington's Army. The chronology of the American Revolution (1763-1776) is summarized, and its major personalities introduced. Uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail.
Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510769382
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Saving Washington's Army written by Phillip Thomas Tucker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the little-known history of the forgotten American Revolution Battle of Pell's Point and the heroism of John Glover. General William Howe and the mighty British-Hessian Army possessed the golden opportunity to cut-off, trap, and then destroy General George Washington’s Army before he could retreat north and escape from Harlem Heights, New York, when he landed his army at Pell’s Point north of New York City. Howe’s bold amphibious operation north of Washington’s Army threatened to end the life of the Continental Army and the revolution. However, the brilliant delaying actions of Colonel John Glover and a small force of New England Continental troops saved the day and Washington’s Army by preventing Howe’s advance inland to intercept Washington’s route of retreat to White Plains. Employing brilliant delaying tactics when outnumbered by more than five to one, Glover inflicted heavy losses on the attackers to ensure that Washington’s Army survived to fight another day. Ironically, the Battle of Pell’s Point has been perhaps the most important forgotten battle of the entire American Revolution. In Saving Washington's Army, renowned historian Phillip Thomas Ticker, PhD, recounts the little-known story of the Battle of Pell's Point and the heroism of Colonel John Glover with the care and attention-to-detail for which he is known.
Author : Paul K. Walker
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781410201737
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Engineers of Independence written by Paul K. Walker and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geographer's department to assist the engineers with mapping. Both General George Washington and Major General Louis Lebéque Duportail, his third and longest serving Chief Engineer, recognized the disadvantages of relying on foreign powers to fill the Army's crucial need for engineers. America, they contended, must train its own engineers for the future. Accordingly, at the war's end, they suggested maintaining a peacetime engineering establishment and creating a military academy. However, Congress rejected the proposals, and the Corps of Engineers and its companies of sappers and miners mustered out of service. Eleven years passed before Congress authorized a new establishment, the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
Author : John R. Maass
Publisher : Department of the Army
ISBN 13 : 9780160920301
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Defending a New Nation, 1783-1811 written by John R. Maass and published by Department of the Army. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defending a New Nation, 1783-1811, the first volume of the "U.S. Army Campaigns of the War of 1812" series, tells the story of several military campaigns against Indians in the Northwest Territory, the Army's role in suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), the Quasi-War with France and confrontations with Spain, the influence of Jeffersonian politics on the Army's structure, and the Lewis and Clark expedition. From the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the beginning of the War of 1812, the nascent United States Army encountered significant challenges, both within its own ranks and in the field. The Army faced hostile American Indians in the west, domestic insurrections over taxation, threats of war from European powers, organizational changes, and budgetary constraints. It was also a time of growth and exploration, during which Army officers led expeditions to America's west coast and founded a military academy.
Author : Don Higginbotham
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820324000
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book George Washington and the American Military Tradition written by Don Higginbotham and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1987-10-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In George Washington and the American Military Tradition, Don Higginbotham investigates the interplay of militiaman and professional soldier, of soldier and legislator, that shaped George Washington’s military career and ultimately fostered the victory that brought independence to our nation. Higginbotham then explores the legacy of Washington’s success, revealing that the crucial blending of civil and military concerns characteristic of the Revolution has been variously regarded and only seldom repeated by later generations of American soldiers. Washington’s training, between 1753 and 1755, included frontier command in the Virginia militia, adjunct service to the British regulars during the French and Indian War, and increasing civil service in the Virginia House of Burgesses and Continental Congress. The result of this combination of pursuits was Washington’s concern for the citizen behind the soldier, his appreciation of both frontier tactics and professional discipline, and his sensitivity to political conflict and consensus in thirteen colonies in forming a new, united nation. When, in 1775, Washington accepted command of the Continental Army from the Continental Congress, he possessed political and military experience that enabled him, by 1783, to translate the Declaration of Independence into victory over the British. Yet, Higginbotham notes, the legacy of Washington’s success has sometimes been overlooked by generals concerned with professional training and a permanent military establishment, and therefore apt to revere foreign heros such as Jomini, Napoleon, and Bismarck more than Washington. Other leaders, most notably the World War II chief of staff, George Marshall, have recognized and implemented Washington’s unique understanding of civil and military coordination. In times almost wholly dominated by a military agenda, Washington’s and Marshall’s steady subordination of soldier to citizen, of strategy to legislation, recalls the careful consensus of thirteen colonies in 1776.
Author : Holly A. Mayer
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806169923
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Congress's Own written by Holly A. Mayer and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Moses Hazen’s 2nd Canadian Regiment was one of the first “national” regiments in the American army. Created by the Continental Congress, it drew members from Canada, eleven states, and foreign forces. “Congress’s Own” was among the most culturally, ethnically, and regionally diverse of the Continental Army’s regiments—a distinction that makes it an apt reflection of the union that was struggling to create a nation. The 2nd Canadian, like the larger army, represented and pushed the transition from a colonial, continental alliance to a national association. The problems the regiment raised and encountered underscored the complications of managing a confederation of states and troops. In this enterprising study of an intriguing and at times “infernal” regiment, Holly A. Mayer marshals personal and official accounts—from the letters and journals of Continentals and congressmen to the pension applications of veterans and their widows—to reveal what the personal passions, hardships, and accommodations of the 2nd Canadian can tell us about the greater military and civil dynamics of the American Revolution. Congress’s Own follows congressmen, commanders, and soldiers through the Revolutionary War as the regiment’s story shifts from tents and trenches to the halls of power and back. Interweaving insights from borderlands and community studies with military history, Mayer tracks key battles and traces debates that raged within the Revolution’s military and political borderlands wherein subjects became rebels, soldiers, and citizens. Her book offers fresh, vivid accounts of the Revolution that disclose how “Congress’s Own” regiment embodied the dreams, diversity, and divisions within and between the Continental Army, Congress, and the emergent union of states during the War for American Independence.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Military History, Volume II written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: This latest edition of an official U.S. Government military history classic provides an authoritative historical survey of the organization and accomplishments of the United States Army. This scholarly yet readable book is designed to inculcate an awareness of our nation's military past and to demonstrate that the study of military history is an essential ingredient in leadership development. It is also an essential addition to any personal military history library.
Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549864889
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (648 download)
Download or read book American Revolution Encyclopedia - Sweeping Account of All Aspects of the Revolutionary War (War of Independence) Including Army, Campaigns, Battles, Intelligence, and Valley Forge (Part 2 Of 2) written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating stories and history of the American Revolutionary War. With twenty-two chapters, this unique compilation provides a stunning, richly detailed overview of the military strategies, campaigns, battles, and personalities of the war. Because of the enormous size of this encyclopedia, it has been split into two parts for the paperback version.Part One Contents: Chapter 1 - Stories From The American Revolution * Chapter 2 - Battles of the American Revolution * Chapter 3 - The Revolution: Day By Day * Chapter 4 - From Gentility to Atrocity: The Continental Army's Ways of War * Chapter 5 - The American Revolution: Basics * Chapter 6 - The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation * Chapter 7 - Timeline of the American Revolution * Chapter 8 - Supplying Washington's ArmyPart Two Contents: Chapter 8 - Supplying Washington's Army (Concluding sections) * Chapter 9 - Birth of the Navy, John Paul Jones, Vessels of the Continental Navy * Chapter 10 - Army NCO History: American Revolution * Chapter 11 - Intelligence and the Revolutionary War * Chapter 12 - Intelligence in the War of Independence * Chapter 13 - Thomas Knowlton and His Rangers, The Taproot of U.S. Army Intelligence * Chapter 14 - Rangers in Colonial and Revolutionary America * Chapter 15 - Training the Army, The Musket Drill * Chapter 16 - The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, French Participation in the American Revolution * Chapter 17 - The Battle of Camden, South Carolina * Chapter 18 - The Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of the Cowpens, South Carolina * Chapter 19 - The British Campaign for Philadelphia and the Occupation of Valley Forge in 1777 * Chapter 20 - Valley Forge History * Chapter 21 - Tolerably Comfortable: A Field Trial of a Recreated Soldier Cabin at Valley Forge * Chapter 22 - Bibliography of The American Revolution: Military HistoryThe encyclopedia opens with a basic introduction, Stories from the American Revolution, providing a capsule history of the war from protests in 1763 to the end game at Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris. There is a discussion of African-Americans, American Indians, privateers, and the role of religion in the Revolutionary Period. There are biographies of General George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Salem Poor, Captain John Paul Jones, John Adams, Haym Salomon, and Thomas Paine. The second chapter gives a good overview of the major battles of the revolution. Chapter Three provides a very thorough day-by-day overview through 1783. The next chapter is an essay about the continental army's ways of war. Chapter Five discusses the factors contributing to the success of the American colonies as they revolted against British rule. The following chapter by the U.S. Army is a detailed account of the Army in the forging of a nation, beginning with the European heritage of the colonies. A major section provides a timeline of the revolution with numerous original document transcriptions, placing each text in the context of its history. It gives extraordinary contemporaneous insight into the thoughts and plans of key players in the drama, including Washington.Supplying Washington's Army is the next section of this incredible encyclopedia, answering the question of how the soldiers were clothed and armed and why there was such a shortage of provisions. The role of the first American Navy, and Captain John Paul Jones, is covered in the next chapter, which includes a full list of vessels of the Continental Navy.The history of the U.S. Army noncommissioned officer (NCO), dating back to 1775 with the birth of the Continental Army, is discussed in the next chapter. There are four chapters on intelligence, including the role of Army rangers and Thomas Knowlton. A brief chapter describes the musket drill. Army-supplied histories of four major battles provide vivid accounts: Camden, King's Mountain, Philadelphia, and the Virginia Campaign.
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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1442998156
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (429 download)
Download or read book A Proper Sense of Honor (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
