| Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 (2) Contributor(s): Chartrand, René (Author), Rickman, Dave (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 184176325X ISBN-13: 9781841763255 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.2 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.1" W x 9.5" (0.35 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Throughout the 17th and most of the 18th century royal troops were seldom shipped out from Britain, and the main burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with the regular troops and militias of Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, usually fell upon locally raised soldiers. These units also fought alongside the Crown forces during major operations such as the French-Indian War of the 1750s. This second of a fascinating three-part study covers the militias and provincial troops raised in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, New York and New Jersey. |