5/10/2023 Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Vir... by Carlton McCarthyRead Now![]() ![]() Continental Army and States' Militia, 1775-1780. ![]() Light-Weight Military Kettles, and Cast-Iron Cooking Gear, 1775-1782. ": Cooking Gear and other Food-Related Items a. "All the tin Camp-kettles they can procure. Soldier-Tailor: “Inventory of the Effects of Frederick Oblieskie,” West Point, September 1780 6. Andrew Kettell’s Journal, May 1780 March 1781 j. "Plan for the Cloathing of the Infantry,"circa 1779 i. References to Soldiers’ Belongings and Knapsacks in Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Inventory of a Deceased Rhode Island Soldier’s Belongings, October 1777 g. Sergeant Major John Hawkins, 2nd Canadian Regiment, September 1777 f. An inventory of the possessions of the late Samuel Lamson of Colonel Fisher Gay's Connecticut Regiment, 1776. Smallwood's battalion & ye 7 independent Companies …” d. An "Estimate of the Expences of raising a foot soldier … 1776, in Colo. ![]() James Reid’s New Hampshire Regiment (including discussion of “snapsack”) c. " Personal and Other Items Carried by Continental and Militia Soldiers a. “Only such articles as are necessary and useful …”: Lightening the Soldiers’ Load 5. “The load a soldier generally carries during a campaign …” What British Troops Actually Carried, 1755-1783 4. “Complement of necessaries, etc., for the soldier.” Personal Equipage as Stipulated in British Treatises 3. Overview: “Our almost incessant marching – marching almost day & night.” 2. ![]()
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