The United States Army 1783–1811

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The United States Army 1783–1811

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When the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 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.

Table of Contents

- The 1782 Regulations - Disbandment of Army, 1783 - First American Regiment, 1784-86 - Harmar's expedition, 1790 - St Clair's massacre, 1791 - Wayne's Legion, 1792-94 - The Provisional Army, 1797-1800 - Harrison at Tippecanoe, 1811

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Published May 25 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781841760872
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 46 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 352
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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