The Writings of John U. Rees
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- The Complete Works of John U. Rees
   
     
  - Online Articles -
     
- Soldiers' Shelter
          "We are now ... properly ... enwigwamed.":
        British Soldiers and Brush Shelters, 1777-1781
     
            "We ... got ourselves cleverly settled for the night":
        Soldiers' Shelter on Campaign During the War for Independence
 
 
        Part I. "The most expensive & essential article of camp equipage":
        Tents in the Armies of the Revolution
     
 
        Part II. "The Allowance of Tents is not sufficient …":
         An Overview of Tents as Shelter
     
 
        Part III. "The camps … are as different in their form as the owners are in their dress …":
        Shades, Sheds, and Wooden Tents, 1775-1782
     
 
        Part IV. "We are now … properly … enwigwamed.":
        British Soldiers and Brush Huts, 1776-1781
     
          "They had built huts of bushes and leaves.":
        Analysis of Continental Army Brush Shelter Use, 1775-1782
     
   
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For an array of period illustrations of tents in use, please click:

      British       French      German      Fold & Pack      The Bell Tent     
 
     
- Soldiers' Rations, Food Preparation and Cooking Utensils
          "The foundation of an army is the belly.":
         North American Soldiers' Food, 1756-1945
     
          "Properly fixed upon the Men":
        Linen Bags for Camp Kettles
     
          "A disgusting incumbrance to the troops":
        More on Kettle Bags and Carts in the Continental Army, 1781
     
          ‘As many fireplaces as you have tents’:
         Earthen Camp Kitchens
     
     
     
- New Jersey Brigade
 

        "What is this you have been about to day?"
         The New Jersey Brigade at the Battle of Monmouth

 
     
          ‘He Come Out with us this time As a Volunteer’ :
        Soldiers Serving Without Pay in the Second New Jersey Regiment, 1777-1780
     
          "The Great Neglect in provideing Cloathing":
        Uniform Colors and Clothing in the New Jersey Brigade
        During the Monmouth Campaign of 1778
     
          ‘One of the best in the army.’:
        An Overview of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment and
        General William Maxwell's Jersey Brigade
     
          Eyewitness to Battle:
        The Pension Depositions of Frederick Van Lew and Isaac Childs
     
          Eyewitness to Battle:
        The New Jersey Brigade at Connecticut Farms
        and Springfield, June 1780
     
          ‘The enemy hove in a tollerable fire ...’: :
        New Jersey Brigade Casualties in the Actions of
        Connecticut Farms and Springfield, June 1780
     
           "They answered him with three cheers ... " :
        New Jersey Brigade Losses in the Monmouth Campaign,
        17 June to 6 July 1778
     
     
- Women Following the Army
          "'Some in rags and some in jags,' but none 'in velvet gowns.'"
        Insights on Clothing Worn by Female Followers of the Armies
        During the American War for Independence
     
          "The multitude of women …"
        An Examination of the Numbers of Female Camp Followers
        With the Continental Army
     
          "The number of rations issued to the women in camp."
        New Material Concerning Female Followers With Continental Regiments
     
          "The proportion of Women which ought to be allowed":
        Female Camp Followers With the Continental Army
     
          Reading List: Women and the Military During the War for Independence
     
     
  - Miscellaneous Monographs (Material Culture, etc.)
          "The great distress of the Army for want of Blankets ...":
        Supply Shortages, Suffering Soldiers, and a Secret Mission
        During the Hard Winter of 1780
     
          ‘White Wollen,’ ‘Striped Indian Blankets,’ ‘Rugs and Coverlids’:
        The Variety of Continental Army Blankets
     
          ‘The Music of the Army...’:
        An Abbreviated Study of the Ages of Musicians in the Continental Army
     
          ‘Bugle Horns,’ ‘conk shells’ and ‘Signals by Drum’:
        Miscellaneous Notes on Instruments and Their Usage
        During the American War for Independence
     
          "Politeness’, ‘Mirth’ and ‘Vocal Musick’:
         Sidelights of General John Sullivan's Indian Campaign of 1779
     
          Eyewitness to Battle: Alexander Dow's Account
        of a 1777 Skirmish and the 1778 Battle of Monmouth
     
     
  - Transcriptions
          “Marched at Day Break and fell in With the Rebels”
        Anonymous British Diary, 13 April 1777 to 26 September 1777
     
          "Necessarys … to be Properley Packd: & Slung in their Blanketts":
        Selected Transcriptions of 40th Regiment of Foot Order Book
     
          Revolutionary War Pension File: Jeffery Brace a.k.a. Stiles.
         (African-American soldier, 6th Connecticut Regiment)
     
     
- Minor Works
          "Sospecting the prisner to be a tory ...":
        A Continental Army Court Martial, July 1777