The Revolutionary War [[electronic resource] /] / Charles P. Neimeyer

• Autore: Neimeyer Charles Patrick <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3/4
• Soggetto topico: Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-191) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 numb
• Titolo autorizzato: The Revolutionary War
• ISBN: 1-282-40625-6; 9786612406256; 0-313-02733-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781918903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.; Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. . -American soldiers' lives.