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Author: Don N. Hagist Publisher: From Reason to Revolution ISBN: 9781914059841 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
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During the American Revolution, British grenadier and light infantry battalions figured prominently in almost every battle and campaign - but these temporary organizations were created after the war began and disbanded when it ended.
Author: Don N. Hagist Publisher: From Reason to Revolution ISBN: 9781914059841 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
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During the American Revolution, British grenadier and light infantry battalions figured prominently in almost every battle and campaign - but these temporary organizations were created after the war began and disbanded when it ended.
Author: Don N. Hagist Publisher: Helion and Company ISBN: 180451599X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 232
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During the American Revolution, British light infantry and grenadier battalions figured prominently in almost every battle and campaign. They are routinely mentioned in campaign studies, usually with no context to explain what these battalions were. In an army that employed regiments as the primary deployable assets, the most active battlefield elements were temporary battalions created after the war began and disbanded when it ended. This work is the first operational study of these battalions during the entire war, looking at their creation, evolution and employment from the first day of hostilities through their disbandment at the end of the conflict. It examines how and why these battalions were created, how they were maintained at optimal strength over eight years of war, how they were deployed tactically and managed administratively. Most importantly, it looks at the individual officers and soldiers who served in them. Using first-hand accounts and other primary sources, These Distinguished Corps describes life in the grenadiers and light infantry on a personal level, from Canada to the Caribbean and from barracks to battlefield.
Author: Don N. Hagist Publisher: Westholme Publishing ISBN: 9781594162046 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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Nine Rare and Fascinating First-Person Profiles of Soldiers Who Fought for the British Crown Much has been written about the colonists who took up arms during the American Revolution and the army they created. Far less literature, however, has been devoted to their adversaries. The professional soldiers that composed the British army are seldom considered on a personal level, instead being either overlooked or inaccurately characterized as conscripts and criminals. Most of the British Redcoats sent to America in defense of their government's policies were career soldiers who enlisted voluntarily in their late teens or early twenties. They came from all walks of British life, including those with nowhere else to turn, those aspiring to improve their social standing, and all others in between. Statistics show that most were simply hardworking men with various amounts of education who had chosen the military in preference to other occupations. Very few of these soldiers left writings from which we can learn their private motives and experiences. British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution is the first collection of personal narratives by British common soldiers ever assembled and published. Author Don N. Hagist has located first-hand accounts of nine soldiers who served in America in the 1770s and 1780s. In their own words we learn of the diverse population--among them a former weaver, a boy who quarelled with his family, and a man with wanderlust--who joined the army and served tirelessly and dutifully, sometimes faithfully and sometimes irresolutely, in the uniform of their nation. To accompany each narrative, the author provides a contextualizing essay based on archival research giving background on the soldier and his military service. Taken as a whole these true stories reveal much about the individuals who composed what was, at the time, the most formidable fighting force in the world.
Author: Paul Knight Publisher: From Reason to Revolution ISBN: 9781914059865 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 240
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The 47th Regiment of Foot served in North America during the whole of the American War of Independence. It experienced the transition from peacetime soldiering, through the deteriorating political situation, to open rebellion.
Author: Matthew H. Spring Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 0806184221 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 408
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The image is indelible: densely packed lines of slow-moving Redcoats picked off by American sharpshooters. Now Matthew H. Spring reveals how British infantry in the American Revolutionary War really fought. This groundbreaking book offers a new analysis of the British Army during the “American rebellion” at both operational and tactical levels. Presenting fresh insights into the speed of British tactical movements, Spring discloses how the system for training the army prior to 1775 was overhauled and adapted to the peculiar conditions confronting it in North America. First scrutinizing such operational problems as logistics, manpower shortages, and poor intelligence, Spring then focuses on battlefield tactics to examine how troops marched to the battlefield, deployed, advanced, and fought. In particular, he documents the use of turning movements, the loosening of formations, and a reliance on bayonet-oriented shock tactics, and he also highlights the army’s ability to tailor its tactical methods to local conditions. Written with flair and a wealth of details that will engage scholars and history enthusiasts alike, With Zeal and with Bayonets Only offers a thorough reinterpretation of how the British Army’s North American campaign progressed and invites serious reassessment of most of its battles.
Author: Randy W. Baumgardner Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 1563116588 Category : Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) Languages : en Pages : 191
Author: Gary D. Solis Publisher: US Naval Institute Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 376
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Using trial records and extensive interviews, Solis brings to life the host of military and civilian attorneys, judges, and juries who wrestled with these and other thorny questions in the midst of a combat zone.
Author: Don N. Hagist
Author: Don N. Hagist
Author: Don N. Hagist
Author: Don N. Hagist
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