04186nam 2200793 a 450 991081520630332120230721024932.00-8147-9746-610.18574/9780814797464(CKB)2520000000007957(EBL)866137(OCoLC)779828436(SSID)ssj0000486874(PQKBManifestationID)11328721(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486874(PQKBWorkID)10442026(PQKB)10861669(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323640(MiAaPQ)EBC866137(OCoLC)646885684(MdBmJHUP)muse10180(DE-B1597)548443(DE-B1597)9780814797464(Au-PeEL)EBL866137(CaPaEBR)ebr10354088(EXLCZ)99252000000000795720081027d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA rabble in arms[electronic resource] Massachusetts towns and militiamen during King Philip's War /Kyle F. ZelnerNew York New York University Pressc20091 online resource (342 p.)The warfare and culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-9734-2 0-8147-9718-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-311) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Method -- 1 “For the best ordering of the militia” -- 2 The Massachusetts Bay Militia and the Practice of Impressment during King Philip’s War -- 3 Many Men, Many Choices -- 4 Few Men, Few Options -- 5 The Pressed Men of Essex County -- 6 The Effects of Impressment -- Afterword -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index -- About the Author While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip’s War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire’s most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip’s War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts’s militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period.Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County’s more upstanding citizens were often spared from impressments, while the “rabble” — criminals, drunkards, the poor— were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns.Warfare and culture series.King Philip's War, 1675-1676ImpressmentHistoryEssex County (Mass.)History17th centuryNew EnglandHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Kyle.Zelner.boldly.called.challenges.during.interpretations.period.serve.this.traditional.King Philip's War, 1675-1676.ImpressmentHistory.973.2/4Zelner Kyle F1701937MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815206303321A rabble in arms4086063UNINA