Colonial American Troops 1610–1774 (2)
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About this book
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.
Contents
· Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Maryland · New York · New Jersey
Paperback; July 2002; 48 pages; ISBN: 9781841763255