Tactics and Military Manuals

John U. Rees

Military manuals, vol. 2, 721–722 (250 words);
Tactics and maneuvers, vol. 2, 1137–1138 (300 words);
Entries in, Mark M. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military History, Harold E. Selesky, ed. (2nd Edition, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006)

“`Knowledge necessary to a soldier …’: The Continental Officer’s Military Reading List, 1775-1778,” Military Collector & Historian, vol. 59, no. 1 (Spring 2007), 65-71.

“`Our Troops were … supported by solid Colums …’: Continental Army Training, Tactics, and Field Maneuvers, 1777 to 1778” (manuscript)


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