Women Following the Army

John U. Rees

"`The multitude of women': An Examination of the Numbers of Female Camp Followers with the Continental Army":

1777 and 1780: A Common Thread?
1776 to 1782: “Necessary to keep the Soldier's clean"
1781: "Their Wives all of whom ... Remained" - Women on Campaign With the Army
1781: "The women with the army who draw provisions"
1782: "Rations ... Without Whiskey" - Colonel Henry Jackson's Regimental Provision Returns
1783: "The proportion of Women which ought to be allowed ..."

The Brigade Dispatch (Journal of the Brigade of the American Revolution) Three parts: vol. XXIII, no. 4 (Autumn 1992), 5–17; vol. XXIV, no. 1 (Winter 1993), 6–16; vol. XXIV, no. 2 (Spring 1993), 2–6
(Reprinted in Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, vol. XIV, no. 2 (Summer 1996)).

"`The number of rations issued to the women in camp.': New Material Concerning Female Followers With Continental Regiments":

Female Followers with the Troops at Wyoming: Prelude to Sullivan's Campaign, 1779
"Provisions and Stores Issued to the Grand Army": Female Followers at Middlebrook, 1779
“The women belonging to their respective corps": Further Analysis and Comparison of the Returns of Women

The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXVIII, no. 1 (Spring 1998), 2–10; vol. XXVIII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), 2–12, 13.

"'`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,"
ALHFAM Bulletin (Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums), vol. XXVIII, no. 4 (Winter 1999), 18–21.
"`The proportion of Women which ought to be allowed': Female Camp Followers with the Continental Army":

Discussion of Numbers of Female Followers
"Rations... Without Whiskey": Women’s Food Allowance
"Some men washed their own clothing.": Women's Duties and Shelter
"Coming into the line of fire.": Women on the March or on Campaign
The Continental Soldier, vol. VIII, no. 3 (Spring 1995), 51–58.

“Reading List: Women and the Military During the War for Independence," The Continental Soldier, vol. IX, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 1997), 52.

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	1777 and 1780: A Common Thread? 1776 to 1782: “Necessary to keep the Soldier's clean" 1781: "Their Wives all of whom ... Remained" - Women on Campaign With the Army 1781: "The women with the army who draw provisions" 1782: "Rations ... Without Whiskey" - Colonel Henry Jackson's Regimental Provision Returns 1783: "The proportion of Women which ought to be allowed ..."
The Brigade Dispatch (Journal of the Brigade of the American Revolution) Three parts: vol. XXIII, no. 4 (Autumn 1992), 5–17; vol. XXIV, no. 1 (Winter 1993), 6–16; vol. XXIV, no. 2 (Spring 1993), 2–6 (Reprinted in Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, vol. XIV, no. 2 (Summer 1996)).

	Female Followers with the Troops at Wyoming: Prelude to Sullivan's Campaign, 1779 "Provisions and Stores Issued to the Grand Army": Female Followers at Middlebrook, 1779 “The women belonging to their respective corps": Further Analysis and Comparison of the Returns of Women
The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXVIII, no. 1 (Spring 1998), 2–10; vol. XXVIII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), 2–12, 13.

	Discussion of Numbers of Female Followers "Rations... Without Whiskey": Women’s Food Allowance "Some men washed their own clothing.": Women's Duties and Shelter "Coming into the line of fire.": Women on the March or on Campaign
The Continental Soldier, vol. VIII, no. 3 (Spring 1995), 51–58.