United States. Continental Army
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Name (Latin)
United States. Continental Army
Other forms of name
United States. American Continental Army
nnaa United States. Army. Continental Army
Continental Army (U.S.)
American Continental Army
Continental Army
United States. Revolutionary Army
Revolutionary Army (U.S.)
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Sources of Information
- Dict. of Amer. hist.(Revolutionary Army; the Continental Congress took over the force blockading Boston and called it the Continental army; consisted of 2 distinct elements: the Continentals organized by Congress and the militias of the states)
- Egly, T. W. History of the ... c1981:CIP galley (Continental Army)
- Encyc, Amer.(under American Revolution: The core of the American military forces was the Continental, or regular, Army)
- U.S. gov't org. man., 1978/79,p. 199 (The American Continental Army, now called the United States Army, was established by the Continental Congress, June 14, 1775)
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The American Soldier, 1782
H. Charles McBarron, Jr., Public domain
Wikipedia description:
The Continental Army was an army founded on June 14, 1775, by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to coordinate the mutual defense of the United Colonies against the Kingdom of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. It was periodically supplemented by state troops and volunteer militia. George Washington served as the Commander in Chief. The army was disbanded on June 2, 1784, by Congress; with the exception of 25 privates at Fort Pitt and 55 privates, with a small artillery detachment, at West Point and other magazines.
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