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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Continental Army"”.
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The Reluctant Partisan: Nathanael Greene's Southern Campaigns, 1780-1783
… serving as a line and field officer in the Continental Army and developed a nuanced revolutionary strategy based on preserving the Continental Army and a belief that all forces should be long-service national troops. He carried these views with him to his command in the southern theater but …
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Tides of War: Privateering, The British Economy, and The Winning of the American Revolution, 1772-1783
… via the West Indies, aid without which the Continental Army could not have achieved its victories at Saratoga and Yorktown. This thesis examines all three factors.</p> <p>It was the fledgling Republic that resurrected the practice. Over the course of the Revolution the Continental Congress …
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Fighting for liberty in an unequal society: African American military service in the American Revolution and the path towards citizenship
… and more than 5,000 black men served in the Continental Army alone. Those that took up arms for the United States or Britain were elevated closer to citizenship than black soldiers in any previous conflict. In this thesis, I ask why African American military service in the Continental Army …
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Uncle Sam Wants You... to Support Your Local Army Community: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Army Community Covenant from a Genealogical Framework
This paper examines the Army Community Covenant, a formal document intended to strengthen the official and unofficial relationships between U.S. Army posts in the United States with their surrounding civilian communities. Critical Discourse Analysis is applied to trace the genealogy of the verbal …
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Crisis manager of the American Revolution: Henry Laurens
As President of the Continental Congress, Henry Laurens was a firm leader amid a time of national emergency. When a dispute within the Continental Army threatened both the continuation of General Washington's command and the American alliance with France, Laurens went beyond his limited sphere of …
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Thorns in the side of patriotism: Tory activity in southwest Virginia, 1776-1782
… the Montgomery Mines supplied the needs of the Continental Army, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the state of North Carolina. Along the frontier itself, the threat of Indian attack loomed as an ever-present fear and made protection of the lead works essential to the safety of its inhabitants. …
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Gentleman Johnny Plays War: John Burgoyne and The Blockade of Boston
… Revolution, is best known for his defeat by the Continental Army at Saratoga. In addition to serving as a general,Burgoyne was a playwright. While in Boston during the blockade following the Battle ofBunker Hill Burgoyne combined his interests, writing a satire of the war. The Blockade of Boston, …
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Caregiving, Crisis and Coercion in the American Revolutionary War
… care work in early America. It examines the Continental Army’s efforts to utilise existing coercive labour regimes (including enslavement, indentured servitude and gendered wage work) and military medical structures inherited from the British Army to provide nursing care for sick and wounded …
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A Soldier of the Revolution: Joseph Winston and the Surry Backcountry of North Carolina
… North Carolina's commitment of troops in the Continental army, and a treaty commissioner to the Cherokee. He made his most notable contribution, however, as a field officer in the Whig militia. He served this role with distinction, pursuing local bands of loyalist militia, taking part in the …
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Matthew Clay: old school Republican
… and Martha Green Clay. As an officer in the Continental Army, he served in the 9th Virginia Regiment (1776-1778), the 1st Virginia Regiment (1778-1781) and the 5th Virginia Regiment (1781 to 1783). As a member of the 1st Virginia, he achieved the rank of first lieutenant and became Regimental …