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BELONGING TO THE ARMY
CAMP FOLLOWERS AND COMMUNITY DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
| By: |
Holly A. Mayer |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£21.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1570033390 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781570033391 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1999 |
| Pages: |
321 |
| Description: |
This work, revealing the identity and the importance of the civilians now referred to as "camp followers" in the War for American Independence, describes them more accurately as "the forgottem revolutionaries". It identifies them as merchants, contractors, family members and support staff. |
| Synopsis: |
"Belonging to the Army" reveals the identity and importance of the civilians now referred to as camp followers, whom Holly A. Mayer calls the forgotten revolutionaries of the War of American Independence. These merchants, contractors, family members, servants, government officers, and military employees, provided necessary supplies, services and emotional support to the troops of the Continental army. Mayer describes their activities and demonstrates how they made encampments livable communities and played a fundamental role in the survival and ultimate success of the Continental Army. She also considers how the army wanted to be rid of the followers but were unsuccessful, because of the civilians' essential support functions and determination to make camps into communities. Instead, the civilians' assimilation gave an expansive meaning to the term "belonging to the army". |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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