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1 week ago
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Daily Rations For American Revolution Soldiers Included Hefty Portions Of Beef - Tasting Table

Food, especially beef, was crucial for the Continental Army's sustenance during the American Revolution.
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6 months ago
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Rick Atkinson History Talk "The War for America (1777-1780)"

The Revolution's middle years featured a fragile Continental Army, rising international involvement, costly British campaigns, major battles, and immense demands on American citizens.
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3 months ago

Frederick Gotthold Enslin: 'Dismiss'd [From] the Service With Infamy' - San Francisco Bay Times

On March 10, 1778, Gotthold Frederick Enslin became the first soldier to be tried, convicted, and expelled from the Continental Army for "Infamous Crimes" with another serviceman. Commander in Chief George Washington personally approved the court-martial decision. Whether Washington signed the discharge order because Enslin had been found guilty of intimate relations with a private, or because Enslin had been discovered socializing with someone below his rank, which was equally forbidden and scandalous, or because Enslin had lied about the matter to a superior officer,
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