The Continental Army
- ISBN-10
- 0160019311
- ISBN-13
- 9780160019319
- Category
- History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Pages
- 451
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Center of Military History, U.S. Army
- Author
- Robert K. Wright
Description
A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.
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