audiobook Memoirs of Baron De Marbot: Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army (Napoleonic Library) by Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcellin Marbot; Arthur John Butler in History

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During the period 1775-78 of the American Revolutionary War; General Washington commanded three separate armies: the New England Army of 1775; the one-year army of the United Colonies; renamed Army of the United States in July 1776; and the forces established by the Continental Congress to serve for three years from January 1777; or for the duration. In this; the first of two studies by Marko Zlatich (Men-at Arms 290 continues the treatment; covering the period from 1779-83); the systems used by state and Continental authorities to procure clothing materials; the quantities they obtained and the specifications of the uniforms themselves are all examined in detail.