Transportation

John U. Rees

Transport (wheeled), vol. 1, 1159–1160 (750 words);
Watercraft on inland waterways, vol. 2, 1243–1244 (750 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)

“`Reach Coryels ferry. Encamp on the Pennsylvania side.’: The Monmouth Campaign Delaware River Crossing,” History in the Making (The Newsletter of the New Hope Historical Society), vol. 4, no. 4 (December 2006), 1–12.

"`Employed in carrying cloathing & provisions': Wagons and Watercraft During the War for Independence" (abbreviated article):
Part I. "`Country Waggons,' `Tumbrils,' and `Philadelphia Carts': Wheeled Transport in The Armies of the Revolution," ALHFAM Bulletin, vol. XXIX, no. 3 (Fall 1999), 4–9, and The Continental Soldier, vol. XII, no. 2 (Winter 1999), 18–25.
Part II. "Sloops, `Scows,' `Batteaux,' and `Pettyaugers': Continental Army Rivercraft, 1775–1782," ALHFAM Bulletin, vol. XXIX, no. 4 (Winter 2000), 8–16, and The Continental Soldier, vol. XIII, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2000), 34–46.

“`Little chariots painted red …’: Continental Army Vehicle Paint Colors,” Military Collector & Historian, vol. 60, no. 2 (Summer 2008), 154–156.

“`You will extend your Enquiry to the Number and Kind of Waggons …’: Wheeled Vehicles in the Armies of the Revolution” (manuscript)

"`The uses and conveniences of different kinds of Water Craft’: Continental Army Vessels on Inland Waterways, 1775–1782” (unpublished manuscript)

Table of Contents: (page) 1 Introduction 2-8 “In transporting of stores.”: Sailing Vessels 3 Sloop 4 Schooner 4 Pettiauger 8 Shallop 8-11 “A Thirty two Pounder in the Bow ...”: Rowed Vessels for River Defense 8 Gunboat 9 Galley 11 Xebec 12-34 “4 Wagons & Horses, and 1000 Men at a Try.” Flat-Bottomed Transport for Soldiers, Supplies, and Vehicles 12-16 Ferry Boats and River Crossings 16-19 Scows and Flatbottom Boats 19-20 Barge 20-22 Durham Boat 22-28 Bateaux 28-34 Wagon Boat 34-52 1781 Campaign: Bateaux, Flat Boats, Wagon Boats and Other Craft 52-54 “For the purpose of sounding Haverstraw Bar.”: Miscellaneous Small Craft 52-53 Whale Boat 53 Skiff 53 Rowboat 53 Wherry 54 Round-futtock Boat 54-57 “The best Oars men in the Army”: Soldiers Serving in Boat Crews and at Ferries 57-58 Conclusion 59-64 Addendum 59-60 I. British Military Flatboats and Landing Craft 60-64 II. More on Bateaux in the 1776 New York and Canadian Campaign 64-77 Endnotes

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