Books written by Joseph Lee Boyle

What Can't Brave Americans Endure?: The New Jersey Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment

... Elijah Wilkins Newton, Silas Sergeant Fourth, Anderson Newton, Private First, Thomas Polhemus Nichols/ Private Second, Nicholds, Bowman Isaiah Nichols/ Corporal Spencer's, Nickles, Rice Pierson Nichols/ Private Second, Nicholason, ...
Death Seem'd to Stare: The New Hampshire and Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge

Hampton/ Ham ton Private Barton, Simon Private Bates, Benoni Corporal Feb 27, 1777, First, Duration of War Cole Duration of War Second, Potter March 13. 1778, First. Duration of War Dexter Aug 20. 1777. First.
Fire Cake and Water: The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment

Adams/Addams, David Corporal Adams, David Surgeon Adams, David A. Private. Abbee/Abby, John . May 29, 1777, First, Private Three Years Shumway Abbe, Mason Feb 20, 1777, Seventh, Private Three Years Converse Abbe, Richard Jan 1, ...
Fire Cake and Water: The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment

This book consists of an alphabetical list of some 4,000 Connecticut soldiers abstracted from Revolutionary War muster and pay rolls at the National Archives.
"Their Distress is Almost Intolerable": The Elias Boudinot Letterbook, 1777-1778

This is a collection of letters by Elias Boudinot who served as the first Commissary General of Prisoners dealing with the prisoner management of our men held by the British during the Revolutionary War.
"Great Lovers of Drink": White New Jersey Runaways, 1720-1766

"Great Lovers of Drink": White New Jersey Runaways, 1720-1766
"The Distresses of the Army": The Ephraim Blaine Letters, 1780-1783

One of the most persevering commissaries in feeding the Continental Army was Ephraim Blaine (1741-1808) of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. This work presents his letters from 1780 through 1783.
He Loves a Good Deal of Rum...: Military Desertions During the American Revolution, 1775-1783: 1775-June 30, 1777

Arranged chronologically by date of newspaper deserter notice.
Our Troops Are in General Almost Naked: The Delaware and New York Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, 1777-1778

Our Troops Are in General Almost Naked: The Delaware and New York Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, 1777-1778
"Virginia Makes the Poorest Figure of Any State": The Virginia Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, 1777-1778

"Virginia Makes the Poorest Figure of Any State": The Virginia Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, 1777-1778
Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777-June 19, 1778

Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777-June 19, 1778
"He Loves a Good Deal of Rum-- ".: Military Desertions During the American Revolution, 1775-1783. 1775-June 30, 1777

Provides a complete transcription of all the desertion notices found in 38 newspapers published from Massachusetts to North Carolina from 1775 to 1783.
From Redcoat to Rebel: The Thomas Sullivan Journal

Chronicles several years in the life of Thomas Sullivan, who enlisted in the British Army in 1775, fought in the Revolution, and deserted to join American forces in 1778.
Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777-June 19, 1778: "Winter in this starved country"

Hundreds of letters and documents written at Valley Forge have been published in collections that represent the best remembered men of the Revolution.
My Last Shift Betwixt Us & Death: The Ephraim Blaine Letterbook 1777-1778

The preface to the text provides a brief history of the Commissary Department describing its creation and its many internal problems. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.
Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army: Volume 6, ¿my Constitution Got Quite Shatter¿d¿: December 19, 1777-June...

Hundreds of letters and documents written at Valley Forge have been published in collections that represent the best-remembered men of the Revolution.
"I Could Not Refrain from Tears," Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777-June 19,...

An index to full-names, places and subjects adds to the value of this work.
Can Tell an Ample Story: New-England Runaways, 1769-1773

This work is the third volume of colonial New England runaways, as identified in contemporary newspaper ads.
This Grand Supply the Samuel Hodgdon Letterbooks, 1778-1784: Volume 2, April 3, 1781-May 24 1784

After 1781, and Cornwall's surrender, there were no more major actions for the Continental Army in the North, and Hodgdon's letters assume a less frantic tone"--Page 4 of cover.
"He Loves a Good Deal of Rum--".: Military Desertions During the American Revolution, 1775-1783. June 30, 1777-1783

Provides a complete transcription of all the desertion notices found in 38 newspapers published from Massachusetts to North Carolina from 1775 to 1783.