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Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway 1735-1800?, general in the Continental army in the American Revolution, b. Ireland. Educated in France, he was an officer in the French army before coming (1777) to America. He fought valiantly as a leader of colonial forces at Germantown, but George Washington attempted to block his ... Read more
David Wooster
David Wooster , 1711-77, American Revolutionary officer, b. Fairfield co., Conn. He served as an officer in the British army during the last of the French and Indian Wars . Wooster resigned his commission upon the outbreak of the American Revolution, was one of the promoters of the Ticonderoga expe... Read more
Richard Montgomery
Richard Montgomery 1738?-1775, American Revolutionary general, b. Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland. After entering the British army, he was sent (1757) to Canada in the French and Indian Wars and saw action at Louisburg, Ticonderoga, and Montreal before participating in operations against Martinique a... Read more
Society of the Cincinnati
Society of the Cincinnati [Lat. pl. of Cincinnatus ], organization formed (1783) by officers of the Continental Army just before their disbanding after the American Revolution. The organization, with a constitution drafted by Gen. Henry Knox , was founded for fraternal, patriotic, and allegedly n... Read more
United States War Department
United States War Department federal executive department organized (1789) to administer the military establishment. It was reconstituted (1947) as the Dept. of the Army when the military administration was reorganized (see Defense, United States Department of ). During the American Revolution, mi... Read more
Conway Cabal
Conway Cabal 1777, intrigue in the American Revolution to remove George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and Germantown, and Horatio Gates was flushed with success by his victory in the Saratoga campaign. Some Congressmen and arm... Read more
Valley Forge
Valley Forge on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777-June, 1778) under the command of Gen. George Washington. The winter was severe, food and clothing was inadequate, and illness an... Read more
Friedrich Wilhelm Steuben, Baron von
Friedrich Wilhelm Steuben, Baron von , 1730-94, Prussian army officer, general in the American Revolution, b. Magdeburg. He served in the Seven Years War and was a general staff officer. In 1762 he became an aide to Frederick the Great. Later, he was court chamberlain for the prince of Hohenzollern-... Read more
John Morgan
John Morgan 1735-89, American physician, b. Philadelphia, grad. College of Philadelphia (now Univ. of Pennsylvania), 1751. He founded, in Philadelphia (1765), the first medical school in the United States. In 1775 he became director-general and physician in chief to the general hospital of the Cont... Read more
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston U.S. army base, 3,300 acres (1,335 hectares), S Tex., in San Antonio; headquarters of the Fifth Army. San Antonio, long a military center, donated land in 1870 for the site of a permanent military post that was constructed from 1876 to 1890 and named for Gen. Sam Houston. The famou... Read more

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Continental Army
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Continental Army. Americans used various...called its “Continental Line” because...state raised all the Continentals that Congress thought...build a proficient army. Congress, more attuned...problems that standing armies posed, and the practical...and emphasized the ...
Continental Navy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Continental Navy. The first vessel to sail under authority of the Continental Congress was the schooner Hannah. Shortly after taking command of the Continental army at Cambridge, George Washington realized the...
Continental Congress
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...to the calling of the First Continental Congress. This body, drawn...course of action. The Second Continental Congress, which convened...subsequent siege of the British army in Boston by a provincial...raising and maintaining a Continental Army to fight the Revolutionary...
Continental Congress (Second)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...created the Continental Army and named George Washington...the chairman of the Second Continental Congress committee that...Revolution raged, the Second Continental Congress acted as the new...objective of the Second Continental Congress was financing the...issued paper money (called ...
Army, U.S.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...force—the Continental army set the pattern for its...Revolution, the American army included two components...professional “Continental” or “regular” army and the state militias...
Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Army Corps of Engineers, U...first chief engineer of the Continental army . Later, Gridley was...Congress as a component of the Continental army in 1779. The engineers...Yorktown . Like most of the Continental army, they were mustered...
army
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...early modern times, English armies consisted almost entirely...However, any form of standing army was considered a potential...earliest unit of the British army that has survived to the present...money by Parliament to finance armies on a temporary basis became...the French Revolution, the ...
Army Combat Branches: Infantry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Army Combat Branches: Infantry...most important of the U.S. Army's combat arms. Its insignia...14 June 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the raising...George Washington 's new Continental Army besieging Boston at the...
foreign armies, Irish in
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History foreign armies, Irish in. Military migration...parts of Europe into the armies of great powers was commonplace...Irish recruitment into continental armies, especially of Spain and...integrated into the French army still wearing their red...
Army, US
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...military deployment. The army also provides assistance...Academy at West Point. The army has 16 active divisions and...commands are the Seventh Army in Europe and the Eighth Army in South Korea. The Continental Army existed from 1775...

Dictionary entries related to "Continental Army"

Continental Army
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Continental Army see U.S. Army .
Continental Congress
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...collectively became known as the Continental Association. Economic threats...that "keeping a Standing army in these colonies, in times...with England. The Second Continental Congress Parliament did not...gathering, known as the Second Continental Congress, faced greater difficulties...
continental
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable continental Continental Congress in the US, each of the...Lexington and Concord, created a Continental Army, which fought and eventually won the War of American Independence . Continental Divide the main series of mountain...
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 October 1774)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...October 1774) When the First Continental Congress convened in Carpenter...later documents such as the Continental Association and, in a matter...Vanderbilt University See also Continental Congress ; Revolution, American...their salaries, and standing armies kept in times of peace. And...
Continental United States Intelligence
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Continental United States Intelligence U.S. Army intelligence command located at Fort Holabird, Maryland, created in the 1960s to monitor civilian civil rights and antiwar organizations...
Army, United States
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the nation a high degree of continental security, although the army continued to man dozens of coastal installations. The army also served a constabulary...century, has often required the army to fulfill international missions. Expeditionary armies fought in major declared wars...
army
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...other was a small permanent standing army, usually represented in the medieval...household. By early modern times, English armies consisted almost entirely of troops paid...fashion. However, any form of standing army was considered a potential instrument...is the earliest unit of the British army ...
Army Rangers
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Army Rangers small groups of soldiers...exercises. On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress established six companies...those serving in the Confederate Army under Col. John S. Mosby...rangers active in the Union Army as well, in particular Mean...
Army Medical Department
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Army Medical Department AMEDD an organization of the U.S. Army responsible for operating the Army's fixed hospitals and dental facilities...Army's combat medical units. Although the Continental Congress had created a medical service on...
Army, U.S.
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Army, U.S. the principal land force of the...The first regulary fighting force was the Continental Army , founded June 14, 1775, to replace local militias. The Department of the Army is organized as part of the Department of...

Thesaurus entries related to "Continental Army"

soldier
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus soldier • noun  her daddy was a soldier in the Continental Army synonyms : fighter, trooper, serviceman, servicewoman; warrior; GI; peacekeeper; archaic man-at-arms. phrase: soldier on informal .  See persevere.

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The Continental army in 1776.(United States)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...supplied British army. By February...than 10,000 Continental army soldiers...the American army. Nevertheless, the Continental army's defeat...Washington and his army. On December...Island. Even the Continental Congress, fearing...
Ward, Harry M.: George Washington's Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...s Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army Carbondale: Southern Illinois...served its purpose in keeping the Continental army together when it threatened...of the common soldier in the Continental army, his primary purpose was not...
Continental Army veterans: From outcasts to Icons
Magazine article from: VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the country often treated the Continental Army with a level of suspicion and...regular army, including the Continental Army, was a threat to liberty...1783 and 1818, the image of Continental soldiers changed from dangerous...
Continental Army veterans: from outcasts to icons: despite contemporary popular history, our Revolutionary War veteran-forefathers were not always perceived by the public as heroes. This is a sobering reminder during this primetime of patriotism.
Magazine article from: VFW Magazine; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the country often treated the Continental Army with a level of suspicion and...regular army, including the Continental Army, was a threat to liberty...1783 and 1818, the image of Continental soldiers changed from dangerous...
George Washington's Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...s Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army. By Harry M. Ward. (Carbondale...of military discipline in the Continental army and his approval of exemplary...other individuals who policed the Continental army. It conveys their wide...
George Washington's Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army. By Harry M. Ward...efforts to discipline his Continentals. But scholarship has said...Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army, Harry M. Ward has...At any given time the Continentals probably devoted a quarter...
Service in Continental Army is rewarded
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The; 3/7/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...The 03-07-2000 Service in Continental Army is rewarded Part III of III Their...every volunteer to serve in the Continental Line or the militia." The Bowsers enlisted as privates in the Continental Line. The Virginia Continental...
Curing the Continental Army's IIIs: Declaration of Independence signer, noted physician, teacher, and political writer Benjamin Rush led the reform of many medical problems in the Continental Army.(History--Greatness Of The Founders)
Magazine article from: The New American; 4/4/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...then Physician General of the Continental Army's Middle [Medical] Department...Greene in 1777. Some of the army's medical department's...to circumstances outside the army's control, such as the fact...all causes] in the various armies of the United States, during...
America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Revere myth suggests that the Continental Army was composed of artisans, yeoman...century soldier. As a result, the Continental army became "a true pell-mell...Americans saw service in the Continental Army as "trading one master...
CONTINENTAL, FRENCH ARMIES TURNED THE TABLES 215 YEARS AGO.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/13/1996; 700+ words ; ...at Yorktown to the combined Continental and French armies as his regimental bands played...congratulatory order to the Allied Army, the first paragraph of which...The General congratulates the army upon the glorious event of...talents insure great events - an army of the most admirable ...