Continental Army

case, quitting. His words inspired us to not quit just because of our state, and to try harder. Now this is a very important question to ask because what if we win the war? Maybe we’ll beat the British in this war. Or the fact that we actually NEED an army in order to fight the powerful British soldiers. We should never give up just because our enemies may be stronger, healthier, and have more supplies than us. Instead that should drive us to become stronger and to not quit. Who knows? We…

In the beginning of the movie we find out that Benjamin is a war hero turned pacifist due to the death of his wife. He has to raise 7 kids on his own and still tend to his farm with his children’s help , of course,. When they go to charlestown Gabriel spots a militia sign up sheet and says that he wants to join but his father forbids him to. Gabriel goes against his father’s command and signs up anyway. Fast forward to a year later Gabe comes back to the plantation seriously wounded with the…

Dear Mom and Dad, I cannot lie its been a rough couple weeks. Its been raining nnon stop, the battle field is a muddy mess. I’ve had time to think why I joined the military. It all happened so quickly; before I knew it, I was a long way from home. I remember as soon as we got news Frank and I ran as fast as we could to the recruitment office. Even the man signing us told us what a great thing we were doing for our country. I was so convinced that war would be a great adventure, my time to be a…

Army Counterintelligence (CI) field started in the Revolutionary War, when President George Washington first practiced the art of CI in the Continental Army. After the Revolutionary War, the government viewed the CI field as being necessary only during the time of war, and soon decommissioned the field. This method of activation and deactivation continued even throughout some of US history’s greatest wars: Indian War, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I, and World War II. With each activation CI…

valley Forge: Would you quit? If I were in Valley Forge at the time of 1777 and 1778 during the winter I would have not stayed. There are a lot of reasons why I would have not stayed. Some being because the lack of food, for example meat. The camp at Valley Forge was also small, it only had a few houses and huts and a mill for forging iron. That was not a lot to live with while having soldiers. You had to share and sleep in huts with twelve men. I would guess that that would be very cramped…

of money and military exigencies (a Scottish Presbyterian army) had required him to call Parliament back into assembly in order to pay off the army. The Parliament called for him to answer for his violation of their rights in several incidents, to which he replied by attacking with some soldiers. However, the assault failed and Parliament assembled an army. While Charles I had the support his nobles and could field a well-trained army, he was unable to match the resources of Parliament, who…

I would not stay in valley forge. Valley forge was probably one of the hardest parts of the revolutionary war. I don’t think I would be able to survive the revolutionary war. There was just too many different things that could kill you all happening at the same place. Here are a few reasons why I wouldn’t stay for valley forge. The first reason is the lack of supplies. The people at valley forge were running out of supplies. Firstly they were running out of food. They stayed there for the whole…

like, friends and foes alike (Lecture). Along with the blockade, confiscated property/goods and high prices, the availability of supplies became a dire situation, which was a constant sore spot for George Washington. As if the worry of feeding an army wasn't strain enough, Washington was also trying to preserve what…

Relative to the Western way of war, the aspects of discipline, innovation, and finance best characterize warfare throughout the Napoleonic era . To place this argument within historical context, Europe experienced an enormous amount of change during the French and Industrial Revolutions. Knox and Murray regard these upheavals as catalysts contributing to the second and third “military revolution ”. Additionally, they label the new concepts introduced to warfare as Revolutions in Military…

Under the Manual of Arms from 1764, the Georgia Continentals lacked uniformity and discipline. The Continentals changed to Von Steuben's manual in 1777 and it improved their combat effectiveness. Steuben’s hands-on style of training helped the army become a more skillful fighting force and at the same time gave the army new life. Von Steuben’s manual stream lines the 1764 Manuel to make the doctrine more effective and efficient. The Georgia Continentals utilized three types of infantry.…