Anderson, Fred.

A People's Army : Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (327 pages) - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Series . - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Series .

Intro -- Cover Page -- A People's Army -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Part One The Contexts of War -- Chapter 1 War and the Bay Colony -- Chapter 2 "Sons of Some of the Best Yeomen in New England" -- Part Two The Experience of War -- Chapter 3 "Hard Service and Poor Keeping" -- Chapter 4 "There Is No Spare Here of the Whip" -- Chapter 5 "As Mournful an Hour as Ever I Saw" -- Part Three The Meaning of War -- Chapter 6 "A Principle So Strongly Imbibed" -- Chapter 7 "Victory Undoubtedly Comes from the Lord" -- Appendix A Tables -- Appendix B Diaries and Orderly Books -- Appendix C Provincial Troop Disorders, 1755-1759 -- Appendix D Provincial Sermons, 1755-1762 -- Index.

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Soldiers-Massachusetts-History-18th century.
Massachusetts-Militia-History-18th century.
Massachusetts-History-French and Indian War, 1754-1763.


Electronic books.

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