America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental ArmyNYU Press, 1 nov 1995 - 270 pagina's A unique and revealing analysis of the diverse body that made up the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. One of the images Americans hold most dear is that of the drum-beating, fire-eating Yankee Doodle Dandy rebel, overpowering his British adversaries through sheer grit and determination. The myth of the classless, independence-minded farmer or hard-working artisan-turned-soldier is deeply ingrained in the national psyche. Charles Neimeyer here separates fact from fiction, revealing for the first time who really served in the army during the Revolution and why. His conclusions are startling. Because the army relied primarily on those not connected to the new American aristocracy, the African Americans, Irish, Germans, Native Americans, laborers-for-hire, and “free white men on the move” who served in the army were only rarely altruistic patriots driven by a vision of liberty and national unity. Bringing to light the true composition of the enlisted ranks, the relationships of African-Americans and of Native Americans to the army, and numerous acts of mutiny, desertion, and resistance against officers and government, Charles Patrick Neimeyer here provides the first comprehensive and historically accurate portrait of the Continental soldier. |
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... frontier, as is done in chapter 5. This is the shortest chapter, because very few Indians served terms as waged Continental soldiers or even as redcoats. Rather, Native American tribes were viewed by both sides as wartime allies rather ...
... frontier, as is done in chapter 5. This is the shortest chapter, because very few Indians served terms as waged Continental soldiers or even as redcoats. Rather, Native American tribes were viewed by both sides as wartime allies rather ...
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... frontier posts . Germans and Indians had been long exempt from militia duty , and some had been arrested earlier for disorderly conduct by local constabularies . Nevertheless , the New York Assembly went to these groups first when ...
... frontier posts . Germans and Indians had been long exempt from militia duty , and some had been arrested earlier for disorderly conduct by local constabularies . Nevertheless , the New York Assembly went to these groups first when ...
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... frontier . One group of Pennsylvania Scotch - Irish issued the " Westmoreland Declaration " in May 1775 , fifteen months before the Continental Congress got around to declaring independence . In this document , the residents of Hanna's ...
... frontier . One group of Pennsylvania Scotch - Irish issued the " Westmoreland Declaration " in May 1775 , fifteen months before the Continental Congress got around to declaring independence . In this document , the residents of Hanna's ...
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... frontier , 162 of his total complement of 418 men were Irelandborn . Fragmentary evidence indicated that South Carolina recruited some Irish enlistees as well . Two companies organized in 1775 , the Charleston Volunteer Company of ...
... frontier , 162 of his total complement of 418 men were Irelandborn . Fragmentary evidence indicated that South Carolina recruited some Irish enlistees as well . Two companies organized in 1775 , the Charleston Volunteer Company of ...
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... frontier at that time ) . Taken together , it is estimated that New York and Pennsylvania alone held about 225,000 Germans by 1775.7 The Germans left their homelands for a variety of reasons , though economic motivation and relief from ...
... frontier at that time ) . Taken together , it is estimated that New York and Pennsylvania alone held about 225,000 Germans by 1775.7 The Germans left their homelands for a variety of reasons , though economic motivation and relief from ...
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America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army Charles Patrick Neimeyer Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1996 |
America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army Charles Patrick Neimeyer Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1997 |
America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army Charles Patrick Neimeyer Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1997 |
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