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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... listed a prewar occupation in their enlistment records . One hundred forty - eight of them claimed to have been engaged in an agrarian - related field before enlisting . Yet less than 10 percent of these men can be found in postwar tax ...
... listed a prewar occupation in their enlistment records . One hundred forty - eight of them claimed to have been engaged in an agrarian - related field before enlisting . Yet less than 10 percent of these men can be found in postwar tax ...
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... listed on the militia roles to pool their money to procure a “ down - and - outer " for three years ' service . This practice served more than one purpose . First , any two militiamen who hired another man for long - term service were ...
... listed on the militia roles to pool their money to procure a “ down - and - outer " for three years ' service . This practice served more than one purpose . First , any two militiamen who hired another man for long - term service were ...
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... listed their age and prewar occupations (the evidence is fragmentary), the data revealed that the majority of New England recruits were, like the enlistees of Peterborough and Concord, young, landless, and unskilled. The conspicuousness ...
... listed their age and prewar occupations (the evidence is fragmentary), the data revealed that the majority of New England recruits were, like the enlistees of Peterborough and Concord, young, landless, and unskilled. The conspicuousness ...
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... ). None of the soldiers seemed to be involved in manufacture: not one soldier, for instance, listed any holdings in “fishing, iron-working, or other non-agricultural” ventures. More than 146 (34 percent) of the soldiers did not.
... ). None of the soldiers seemed to be involved in manufacture: not one soldier, for instance, listed any holdings in “fishing, iron-working, or other non-agricultural” ventures. More than 146 (34 percent) of the soldiers did not.
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... listed their prewar civilian occupations, if in fact they ever had been anything other than unskilled laborers. Only eight of the fifty- three claimed to be farmers. The largest occupation listed was laborer (18), followed by shoemakers ...
... listed their prewar civilian occupations, if in fact they ever had been anything other than unskilled laborers. Only eight of the fifty- three claimed to be farmers. The largest occupation listed was laborer (18), followed by shoemakers ...
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Black Soldiers in | |
The Struggle for Indian Allies | |
The Soldier as Wage | |
Resistance Punishment | |
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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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