Baltimore, MD Genealogical Published Co., Inc 1973 Reprint of the New, Rev., and Enlarged Ed. of 1914, 2nd printing Hardcover Good 698, [5] pages. Minor soiling noted. Most of the material is presented in a two column format. The author lived between 1838 and 1926 and was noted for the reference works he produced. Robert Hendre Kelby (1847-1927) served as librarian to the New-York Historical Society from 1899 to 1920. The Continental Army was the army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was established by a resolution of Congress on June 14, 1775. The Continental Army was created to coordinate military efforts of the Colonies in their war for independence against the British, who sought to keep their American lands under control. General George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army throughout the war. The Continental Army was supplemented by local militias and volunteer troops that were either loyal to individual states or otherwise independent. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783, after the Treaty of Paris formally ended the fighting. The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Army went on to form what was to become the Legion of the United States in 1792. This became the foundation of what is now the United States Army. The officers of both the Continental Army and the state militias were typically yeoman farmers with ...

ISBN10: 0806301767, ISBN13: 9780806301761, [publisher: Genealogical Published Co., Inc, Baltimore, MD] Hardcover 698, [5] pages. Minor soiling noted. Most of the material is presented in a two column format. The author lived between 1838 and 1926 and was noted for the reference works he produced. Robert Hendre Kelby (1847-1927) served as librarian to the New-York Historical Society from 1899 to 1920. The Continental Army was the army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was established by a resolution of Congress on June 14, 1775. The Continental Army was created to coordinate military efforts of the Colonies in their war for independence against the British, who sought to keep their American lands under control. General George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army throughout the war. The Continental Army was supplemented by local militias and volunteer troops that were either loyal to individual states or otherwise independent. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783, after the Treaty of Paris formally ended the fighting. The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Army went on to form what was to become the Legion of the United States in 1792. This became the foundation of what is now the United States Army. The officers of both the Continental Army and the state militias were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of ...