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Historical archaeology of the Revolutionary War encampments of Washington's Army / Cosimo A. Sgarlata, David G. Orr, and Bethany A. Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Florida scholarship online.
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military camps--New England--History.
- Military camps.
- Military camps--Pennsylvania--History.
- Valley Forge (Pa.)--History--18th century.
- Valley Forge (Pa.).
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- United States. Continental Army--Barracks and quarters.
- United States. Continental Army--Military life.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020.
- Summary:
- This edited volume presents archaeological and ethno-historic research concerning Washington's Army's encampments, trails, and support structures during the American Revolution. Important sites and preserves that the following chapters discuss include Valley Forge in Pennsylvania; Putnam Park and General Parson's Preserve in Redding, Connecticut; Morristown National Historic Park in New Jersey; and Rochambeau's marching trail through Connecticut. Topics pursued by contributors to the volume are the military discipline and training of soldiers; the routine activities of soldiers and officers; the special accomodations accommodations at George Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge; the layouts and organizations of encampments; the participation of African descendants, Native peoples, and women in the war; and the historic technology used by soldiers to construct their winter quarters.
- Contents:
- Foreword / David R. Starbuck
- Introduction / David G. Orr
- "Make sure you aim, for one shot well pointed is worth a dozen thrown away:" evidence of a musketry range at Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, USA / Wade P. Catts, and Joseph F. Balicki
- A more tolerable quarter: archaeology at Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge / Joseph R. Blondino
- The material world of the Revolutionary War soldier at Valley Forge revisited: comparative excavations of a brigade encampment on the grounds of the Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania / Jesse West-Rosenthal
- "The ground necessary": excavations of a brigade encampment; Wayne's Woods, Valley Forge / Julia Steele, Douglas Campana, and David Orr
- Building the Log Hut City: an analysis using the tools issued at Morristown, New Jersey / Mathew Grubel
- Forgotten stones: the rediscovery of Redding's middle encampment / Bethany A. Morrison and Cosimo A. Sgarlata
- The unfulfilled American Revolution / Laurie Weinstein, Diane Hassan and Samantha Mauro
- The Rochambeau Project: historical and archaeological documentation of the French army's marches through Connecticut in 1781 and 1782 / Mary Guillette Harper
- Incidents of regional variation in winter encampment hut construction: huts and history at Redding, Connecticut / Daniel Cruson
- Conclusion / Cosimo A. Sgarlata.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2019).
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5821-X
- 0-8130-5717-5
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