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The United States Army 1783-1811

By James Kochan , Dave Rickman

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2001
ISBN
9781841760872, 1-84176-087-0
Open Library ID
OL8922087M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13176585 bytes)
Series
Men At Arms 352
Pages
48\48
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

When the Revolutionary War ended Washington's victorious Continental Army was disbanded. The infant United States had very mixed feelings about standing armies; but years of Indian-fighting on the frontier emphasised the need for a force larger than Josiah Harmar's original 700-man 1st American Regiment. In the event Secretary Hamilton's far-sighted reforms, which produced 'Wayne's Legion' in the early 1790s, were to be short-lived, and it took later threats of international war to stimulate the eventual expansion of the young US Army. James Kochan's meticulously researched study of a dramatic and confused period in American military history - the years of St Clair's disaster, 'Mad Anthony' Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, and Harrison's at Tippecanoe - is illustrated with many rare and important paintings and drawings.

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