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Caroline Cox

A Proper Sense of Honor

Service and Sacrifice in George Washington's Army

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Starting with the decision by patriot leaders to create a corps of officers who were gentlemen and a body of soldiers who were not, Caroline Cox examines the great gap that existed in the conditions of service of soldiers and officers in the Continental army. She looks particularly at disparities between soldiers' and officers' living conditions, punishments, medical care, burial, and treatment as prisoners of war. Using pension records, memoirs, and contemporary correspondence, Cox illuminates not only the persistence of hierarchy in Revolutionary America but also the ways in which soldiers contested their low status.Intriguingly, Cox notes… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-8078-5861-5
  • EAN: 9780807858615
  • Produktnummer: 2912326
  • Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 368 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D0.0 cm 526 g
  • Auflage: New ed
  • Gewicht: 526
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Baroness Caroline Cox is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, and founder and CEO of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust.

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