出版社: Lorenz Books副标题: An expert in-depth reference on the armies of the War of the Independence in North America, 1775-1783 (Illustrated Encyclopedia)出版年: 2008-10-25页数: 256定价: USD 35.00装帧: HardcoverISBN: 9780754817611豆瓣评分 评价人数不足 ...
The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first hostile engagement of the Revolution between two organized armies, and the first time that a genuine American army had ever taken the field. It gave the British their first inkling that the Colonial rabble-in-arms they had envisioned might actually prove...
George Washington’s preferred colour for Continental Army uniforms was red, the same as the regular British army. However as America only produced one significant dye – indigo – the American uniforms were blue. George Washington declined to draw a salary for his work as commander in chief of...
TheyagreetomeetagaininMay1775.第11页，共60页。ColonialMilitiaandMinutemen Britainhadlargenumbersofwelltrainedmilitia.Soldiers’uniformsincludedbrightredjackets.Thecolonistscalledthesoldiers“redcoats”.第12页，共60页。Thecoloniesdidnothaveacentralgovernment,army,ornavy.Each ...
Once in the ranks, successful soldier-women probably learned to act and talk like men. With their uniforms loose and ill-fitting and with so many underage boys in the ranks, women, especially due to their lack of facial hair, could pass as young men. Also, Victorian men, by and large...
Once in the ranks, successful soldier-women probably learned to act and talk like men. With their uniforms loose and ill-fitting and with so many underage boys in the ranks, women, especially due to their lack of facial hair, could pass as young men. Also, Victorian men, by and large...
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The U.S. army followed suit and used the same method on the Plains tribal populations with similar success. FORCED REMOVAL FROM HOMELANDS For a brief periods after the American Revolution, the United States adopted a policy toward American Indians known as the “conquest” theory. In the ...
Badly reduced, the Continental Army was poorly supplied and ill-equipped for winter, with many of the men still in summer uniforms or lacking shoes. In a stroke of luck for Washington,General Sir William Howe, the overall British commander, ordered a halt to the pursuit on December 14 and ...
Dee Follett has not seen a flower for half a century. She does not hear the bees. For her, summer is just another season of imagination. Dee is both blind and deaf, but each year she tries something no one else would dream. We found her driving a car. ...