The United States Army 1783–1811 (men-at-arms)
by James Kochan /
2001 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
