Regimental, Battalion, and other Unit Studies
John U. Rees
Huntington’s and Parson’s Connecticut Brigades:"`None of you know the hardships of A soldiers life …’: Service of the Connecticut Regiments in Maj. Gen. Alexander McDougall’s Division, 1777–1778 (2009)
Article, Appendix and Bibliography“I am … Packing up my baggage in order to March”: Service on the North River, and Movement into Pennsylvania, May to September 1777
“God Grant I may Always be Preserv'd …”: The Battle of Germantown and Schuylkill Expedition, October 1777
“So small A Garrison never attaind Greater achievments …”: Forts Mifflin and Mercer, and Maneuvers in New Jersey, November 1777
“Nothing to cover us But ye heavens …”: The Whitemarsh Encampment and Early Days at Valley Forge, December 1777
“This is a very Different Spirit in the Army …”: Wintering Over at Valley Forge and Spring Training, January to June 1778
“Sixty three bullet holes were made through the colours …”: Summer Campaign and the Battle of Monmouth, June 1778
“The Troops of the whole line will exercise and manoeuvre …”: The March to New York and the White Plains Encampment, July to September 1778
“The Enemy are upon the eve of some general and important move.”: The Fredericksburgh Camp and Shifting Commanders, September to October 1778
“Their countrymen would … conclude the Devil was in them …”: McDougall’s Division Takes Post in Connecticut, October and November 1778
“Grievances … Justly complained of by your Soldiers …”: The Connecticut Line Winter Camp, December 1778 to January 1779
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