[PDF.08ct] A Proper Sense of Honor: Service and Sacrifice in George Washington's Army

A Proper Sense of Honor: Service and Sacrifice in George Washington's Army

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 | #1408950 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  2007-08-27 |  2007-08-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.20 x.91 x6.10l,1.16 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Class History of the Revolutionary Army|By Keith C.|As others have said the book is well-researched, but like other "social" histories of the period, it takes many words to say very little, and what it does say is already generally known to students of the period or, in fact, common sense. Unless you are fascinated by the topic of class, you will find more interesting volumes a| |"A Proper Sense of Honor" brings us closer to the inner life of the Continental Army than any previous book.|"On Point"

This is an intriguing, logically organized, and well-written book.|Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder

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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 corresp...

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