02904nam 2200613 a 450 991045165910332120200520144314.01-282-40625-697866124062560-313-02733-1(CKB)1000000000487090(EBL)497329(OCoLC)231687157(SSID)ssj0000237820(PQKBManifestationID)11176425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237820(PQKBWorkID)10222092(PQKB)11688397(MiAaPQ)EBC497329(Au-PeEL)EBL497329(CaPaEBR)ebr10347148(CaONFJC)MIL240625(EXLCZ)99100000000048709020061117d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Revolutionary War[electronic resource] /Charles P. NeimeyerWestport, Conn. Greenwood Press20071 online resource (229 p.)Greenwood Press "daily life through history" series,1080-4749American soldiers' livesDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-33228-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-191) and index.Citizen-soldiers : the army of observation -- Sunshine soldiers : the transition between the army of observation and Washington's new army -- Creating a respectable army -- "The year of the hangman" : 1777 and Continental Army communities -- Daily life in camp -- Morristown and mutiny -- The last years of the war.Nearly everyone in the U.S. has studied the Revolutionary War. Too often, however, historians of the Revolution focus on the activity of the army without noticing what was taking place inside the army. Making liberal use of diaries and correspondence by the soldiers and their families, Charles P. Neimeyer tells the stories of the men and women who fought for the young country's independence. Sometimes starting off as rag-tag groups of men shooting off their muskets at geese just for the thrill of the sound, the soldiers became more disciplined and focused. The army recruited a significant numbGreenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.American soldiers' lives.SoldiersUnited StatesSocial conditions18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Social aspectsElectronic books.SoldiersSocial conditions973.3/4Neimeyer Charles Patrick1954-1037357MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451659103321The Revolutionary War2458272UNINA