Soldiers’ Shelter

John U. Rees

Soldiers’ shelter, vol. 2, 1068–1069 (750 words),
Mark M. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military History, Harold E. Selesky, ed. (2nd Edition, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006)

"'The canopy of heaven for our tent': Soldiers' Shelter on Campaign, June 1778,” Appendix O of "`What is this you have been about to day?’: The New Jersey Brigade at the Battle of Monmouth”

"'Not a bush to make a shade near [at] hand': Bush Bowers, 'Arbours' and 'Shades', 1776–1782," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXVII, no. 2 (Summer 1997), 7–18.

"'We are now ... properly ... enwigwamed.': British Soldiers and Brush Shelters, 1777–1781," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXIX, no. 2 (Summer 1999), 2–9.

"'They had built huts of bushes and leaves.': Analysis of Continental Army Brush Shelter Use, 1775–1782,” The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXXII, no. 3 (Autumn 2002), 7–10.

"'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": "Put our Men into barns ...": The Vagaries of Shelter "We Lay in the open world": Troops Without Shelter on Campaign "State of Marquees and Tents delivered to the Army...": Varieties of Tentage A. General Discussion B. American Common Tents C. Horseman’s and Cavalry Tents D. Wall Tents E. Marquees F. Bell Tents for Sheltering Arms G. Dome, Square, and Hospital Tents H. French Tents Overview Military Collector & Historian, vol. 49, no. 3 (Fall 1997), 98–107.
	part II, "'The Allowance of Tents is not sufficient ...': An Overview of Tents as Shelter:" "The Allowance of Tents is not sufficient...": An Overview of Tents as Shelter "The fewer the Waggons to the Army, the better...": Transporting Tents Military Collector & Historian, vol. 49, no. 4 (Winter 1997), 156–168.
	part III, "'The camps ... are as different in their form as the owners are in their dress ...': Shades, Sheds, and Wooden Tents, 1775–1782": "Not a bush to make a shade near [at] hand ...": Bush Bowers, "Arbours," and "Shades," 1776–1782 "An elegant shade ...": Officers' Bowers "The Men employed in making Bowers before their Tents...": Shades for Common Soldiers A. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1777 to 1780 B. Virginia Peninsula, 1781 C. New York, 1782 D. Bowers and British Troops, 1776 and 1781 "The troops hutted with Rails and Indian Corn Stocks ...": Sheds, Planked Huts, and Straw Tents, 1775–1777 Military Collector & Historian, vol. 53, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002), 161–169.
	part IV, "'We are now ... properly ... enwigwamed.': British Soldiers and Brush Huts, 1776–1781": Overview "Laying up poles and covering them with leaves ...": Building Brush Huts Comparative Use of Makeshift Shelters in the French and Indian War, and American Civil War Military Collector & Historian, vol. 55, no. 2 (Summer 2003), 89–96.
	part V, "'We built up housan of branchis and leavs ...': Continental Army Brush Shelters, 1775–1777” Including: A. "This night we lay out without shelter ...": Overview of American Soldiers' Campaign Lodging B. "We maid us some Bush huts ...": Brush Shelters, 1775 and 1776. C. "Huts of sticks & leaves": Washington's Army in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1777. Military Collector & Historian, vol. 55, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004), 213–223.
	part VI, "'We built up housan of branchis & leavs ...': Continental Army Brush Shelters, 1778–1782 Including: A. "Found the regiment lying in bush huts ...": Continental Troops on Campaign and on the March, 1778–1780. B. "Pine huts," "Huts of rails," and "Bush Tents": Virginia and the Carolinas, 1781–1782. C. "Return of Camp Equipage": More on Tents. Military Collector & Historian, vol. 56, no. 2 (2004), 98–106.

"'Soldiers are ingenious animals': American Civil War Campaign Shelters,"

Comparative Use of Makeshift Shelters, 1755 to 1812 "More like a chicken-coop er a dog-kennel": Civil War Soldiers' Tents A. Soldier-Built Supports and Shelter Tent Amenities. B. Southern Tents and Substitutes. "Ther' ain't no use lyin' 'n the mud.": Soldiers' Bedding Arrangements With and Without Shelter "Their shebang enclosures of bushes.": The Variety of Brush and Board Huts "It is so awful hot here to-day": Soldier-Built Shades Military Collector & Historian, vol. 56, no. 4 (2004), 248–266.

"'Shebangs,' 'Shades,' and Shelter Tents: An Overview of Civil War Soldiers' Campaign Shelters,"

part I. Muzzleloader, vol. XXX, no. 1 (March/April 2003), 69–75. part II. Muzzleloader, vol. XXX, no. 2 (May/June 2003), 63–69.

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