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The second figure is a British soldier from the 64th Regiment of Foot. Formed in 1758, the 64th (later known as the "Black Knots") served in the West Indies, Scotland, and Ireland, before arriving in Boston in 1768. It drew "first blood" in what was to become the American Revolution at Salem, Massachusetts on 26 February 1775. (Basically a few of the 64th used their bayonets to jab at Minutemen trying to scuttle boats the regiment tried to use, and a few of the Yankees were pricked.) The 64th fought at numerous engagements (Brandywine, Stony Point, Charleston, Eutaw Springs being just a few), and the soldier as offered by Sideshow is equipped as if also at Monmouth. Another work of Mat Falls, it features the short land pattern musket and bayonet with shoulder carriage, haversack, knapsack, canteen, waist belt, cartridge box, military cocked hat with cockade, uniform coat with 64th regiment lace & button loops, breeches, and buckled shoes with half gaiters. Noted historian Greg Urwin has a short history of the 64th online, please click here to read it.]

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Bakeless, John. Turncoats, Traitors and Heroes: Espionage in the American Revolution. Da Capo Pr. 1998 [This work was first published in 1959. "Exciting and valuable. To general readers it offers a wealth of spy stories. To students of the Revolution it shows a familiar terrain become strange under an eerie light. . . . [Bakeless] writes very well. He tells with spare effectiveness the adventures of brave people who risked death, alone among enemies, forced by their missions to frequent the most dangerous places and to woo the confidence of the very officers entrusted with the responsibility of exposing and hanging them. [Bakeless] gives [each agent] the sharp focus of a close-up, adding both to the impact of the originality of the book." -- James T. Flexner, New York Times Book Review. "The most complete picture we have to date. . . [Bakeless] has given us a collection of exciting stories based upon substantial documentation. . . . [This book] combines fascinating reading with impressive scholarship." -- Richard B. Morris. "Bakeless has made an engaging investigation of the spies and counterspies who infested both sides of the American Revolution. Turncoats, Traitors and Heroes is a spider's web of conspiracy, concealment, and confusion. Bakeless is to be commended for having brought these activities so adventurously into the clear." -- Atlantic Monthly. "[Told] with the narrative skill and occasional humor of an able biographer and thoroughly qualified historian . . . [this book] is recommended for all readers with a taste for history, true stories of detection, and realistic intrigue." -- Library Journal. "This book on an unknown part of the Revolutionary War should appeal to addicts of spy stories and students of historical espionage." -- Kirkus.]

Bobrick, Benson. Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster 1997 [This is a colorful account of the American victory which nicely brings together the military, political, and social dimensions of the conflict. ". . . a triumphant history of the American Revolution, written with lucidity and analytical savvy. It now stands as the most accessible single-volume narrative of the American Revolution available. A must read!" -- Douglas Brinkley, Director, The Eisenhower Center for American Studies. ". . . the book's strength lies in it many lesser-known details on the battlefield and beyond. . . . a highly impressive show of exhaustive research and engaging storytelling about the greatest of American legends." -- Publishers Weekly.]

Brooks, Victor. The Boston Campaign, April 1775-March 1776. [Great Campaigns Series] Combined Publishing 1999

Chartrand, René. Louis XV's Army (1): Heavy Cavalry & Dragoons. [Men-at-Arms Series, no. 296; Leliepvre, illus.] Osprey 1996

Chartrand, René. Louis XV's Army (2): French Infantry. [Men-at-Arms Series, no. 302; Leliepvre, illus.] Osprey 1996 [A look at the troops who fought in the Seven Years War in Europe, and the French and Indians Wars and the American Revolution in North America.]

Chartrand, René. Louis XV's Army (3): Foreign Infantry and Artillery. [Men-at-Arms Series, no. 304; Leliepvre, illus.] Osprey 1997 (UK)/Stackpole (US) [An examination of the mercenaries and artillery of the 18th century's largest western European army. The numbers of mercenaries were not insignificant -- at one point (1741-48) foreign infantry regiments numbered 58,000 men, and during the Seven Years War, about 48,000. These troops saw action in the Seven Years War/ French and Indian Wars, India, Haiti, and the American Revolution. The author points out the value to the French Army in having these troops, explaining that they were recruited to compensate for perceived weaknesses with French-born soldiers. Although brave in the charge, French soldiers were perceived as unsteady under heavy fire and indifferent at maneuvering. The Swiss and German mercenaries were thought more solid under fire and more precise in their movements. Marshal de Saxe took another tack in his writings, "A German counts for three men: he saves one in the kingdom, he takes one away from our enemies and he serves us."]

Chartrand, René. Louis XV's Army, v. 4: Specialist & Light Troops. [Men-At-Arms Series, no. 308, Eugéne Leliépvre, illus.] Osprey (UK) 1997/Stackpole (US) 1998

Chartrand, René. Louis XV's Army, v. 5: Colonial and Naval Troops. [Men-At-Arms Series, no. 313, Eugéne Leliépvre, illus.] Osprey (UK) 1997/Stackpole (US) 1998

Conner, Clifford D. Colonel Despard: The Life and Times of an Anglo-Irish Rebel. [Signpost Biography Series; Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, foreword] Combined Publ. 2000 [Despard was a Protestant Irishman whose career spanned the American Revolution, the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and the French Revolutionary Wars. He once fought alongside Horatio Nelson in the American Revolution, and later was a British colonial adminstrator, but he ended up on the gallows accused of plotting within the Brigade of Guards to kill the King of England. "Cliff Conner's Colonel Despard captures in wonderful words a gallant hero in a romantic time and place. We are given the gift of history on a personal level while at the same time he deals with the complexity of empire and its conquest. A most enjoyable and compelling read." --Malachy McCourt. "Cliff Conner has resurrected a revolutionary figure, Marcus Despard, from the grave, and in this book he walks again amongst us." --Sean Cronin. ". . . rescues from anonymity an important player in early nineteenth century Anglo-Irish revolutionary Jacobinism in this careful, judicious biography. . . ." -- Marvin Gentelman.]

Duffy, Christopher. The Military Experience in the Age of Reason. [Wordsworth Military Library] Wordsworth Editions (UK) 1998/Combined Books (US) 1999 [Originally published in 1987, this is a superb study of what war was like for soldier and officer in the 18th century. This book should never have gone out of print, so its return is most welcome!]

Ellet, Elizabeth. Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence: A One-Volume Revised Edition of Elizabeth Ellet's 1848 Landmark Series. [Lincoln Diamant,ed.] Praeger 1998 [This book takes Ellet's three-volume work and makes it into a one-volume work. Ellet discusses 84 women arranged by state. This was a very popular work and it became a bestseller in the 1850s. "When it comes to exploring the hidden nooks and forgotten crannies of the American War of Independence, historians Elizabeth Ellet (1848) and -- a century and a half later -- Lincoln Diamant make a dream team. Mr. Diamant artfully combines Mrs. Ellet's biographies of more than eighty unusual colonial women -- from Abigail Adams to the anonymous 'John's Wife' -- excising repetition and duplication spread across the original three volume set. In this new one-volume edition, Mrs. Ellet's revolutionary women merit their return to everyone's American Revolutionary bookshelf." -- Julie Perin Bird.]

Faragher, John Mack, ed. The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America. Da Capo 1996 [orig. 1990.]

Gallagher, John J. The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776. Sarpedon 1995

Galvin, John R. The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution. Brassey's 1996 [orig. 1967]

Griess, Thomas E., Series Editor. The West Point Military History Series
One of the most impressive military reference projects ever undertaken by the faculty of the United States Military Academy. The oversized books present a clear understanding of some of history's most significant campaigns. The text is supplemented by numerous illustrations and photographs, plus superb color maps.
The Dawn of Modern Warfare. [This is the hardcover edition, a trade paper edition is available.]

Early American Wars and Military Institutions. [This is the hardcover edition, a trade paper edition is available.]

Gruber, Ira D., ed. John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782. [Publications of the Army Records Society, vol. 13] Sutton Publ. (UK)/Stackpole (US) 1998 [Peebles was an officer with the grenadier company of the 42nd or Royal Highland Regiment (the Black Watch). This diary covers his principal campaigns and battles, and what life was like in the British army during a long, frustrating war. With regard to combat operations he records White Plains and Fort Washington (1776), the struggle for eastern New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including the battles of Brandywine and Germantown (1777), the withdrawel from Philadelphia to New York, including Monmouth (1778), the siege of Charleston (1780), and the belated attempt to rescue Cornwalis at Yorktown (1781).]

Hall, Jonathan N. The Revolutionary War Quiz and Fact Book. Taylor Publ. Co. 1999 [Hall has assembled chronologically over 600 questions and answers in this book that ranges from 1763 to 1815. He covers military, political, and social events, people, and places. Two chapters are dedicated to naval matters. He has three appendices -- one with tables covering casualties from major and minor battles of the American Revolution, and the second covering War of 1812 land engagements. A third appendix lists the ships of the Continental Navy, their purchase or launch dates, number of guns, and the ships' fates, followed by a table with technical specifications for the naval guns of the Revolutionary War, plus a table with captains of the Continental Navy and their commands listed by seniority as established by Congress on 16 October, 1776. A chronology, bibliography, and index round out this book.]

Harr, John Ensor. Dark Eagle: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution. Penguin 2001 ["In choosing to bring the story of Benedict Arnold to the public, John Ensor Harr has his work cut out for him, but his intriguing biographical novel, Dark Eagle, is up to the task. Like all classic tragic heroes, Benedict Arnold was a bright, shining figure before his fall, and Harr traces the background and stunning military successes of the man the Indians called Dark Eagle out of respect and awe for his exploits, in considerable and considered detail. He explores the dark underside of the American Revolution, the little known nooks and crannies of the history of how the "united States of America" was born. . . . Harr is adept at pulling all the facts about Arnold and the war effort on both sides together, as well as capturing the mood and viewpoint of the times. . . . The military campaigns are painstakingly detailed, and of particular interest are the naval battles, strategy and tactics. But of course, the central character of the Dark Eagle, Benedict Arnold, is what draws us, and Harr has done a magnificent job of bringing him to life and bringing him forward to meet us on his own terms, unapologetic and unrepentant. We cannot help but admire many aspects of the man and finish the novel much less certain that in his place we might have acted entirely differently." -- Margaret George. "There has never been anyone quite like him in American history, never a life of such triumph and ignominy. In this superbly researched novel, filled with memorable events and overflowing with famous characters, John Ensor Harr brings Benedict Arnold to life and asks us to judge him as a man, not merely an emblem for treason. If you like historical fiction, you'll like Dark Eagle." -- William Martin. "Harr neither idealizes Arnold's belligerent charisma nor soft-pedals his intemperate vanity; the result is the most compelling of a series of characterizations that incarnate, in moving human form, the volatile emotions of an emergent nation divided by the warring claims of loyalty and independence. . . . Harr's ambitious debut is an informed, dramatic, and well-woven contribution to a genre that seems to be, and shouldn't be, out of fashion these days." -- Kirkus Reviews. Originally published by Viking in 1999, this book is still available in a hardcover edition.]

Hughes, MGen. B.P. Firepower: Weapons Effectiveness on the Battlefield, 1630-1850. Sarpedon (US)/Spellmount (UK) 1997 [Originally published in 1974, this book combines fascinating text and illustrations to illumine the impact of smooth-bore weaponry on warfare from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. Hughes begins with a look at the weapons themselves (for infantry, cavalry, and artillery), followed by a pictorial section on the development of small arms. Next he examines the theoretical performance of the weapons, again followed by a pictorial section, this on the development of artillery. The third chapter considers the inefficiencies of the battlefield, after which appears a pictorial section on artillery drill. Hughes then moves to a discussion of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries (the pictorial section is seventeenth century musket drill). Chapter 5 goes from Frederick the Great to Napoleon, after which there is a musket drill pictorial from around 1815. Chapters 6 through 9 examine specific battles -- Albuera, Talavera, Bussaco, Ferozeshah and the Sikh Wars. Hughes' conclusions are presented in Chapter 10. This book is an oversized hardcover, and it is loaded with illustrations. One will find many useful maps, charts, and diagrams throughout the work. Finally, let me note that Hughes avoids making exaggerated claims for weaponry, for as he states: "It was ultimately not weapon power but will-power that won battles; and even though superior weapon power was a powerful lever, it was always a means to an end rather than the end itself."]

Ketchum, Richard M. Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill. Owl/Henry Holt 1999 [Given the tremendous significance of the American Revolution, and the wide array of battles and campaigns and types of warfare across the colonies, it amazes me as to how little of significance on the war now gets published or remains in print. Thus I was very happy to have a package of books arrive from Owl Books (an imprint of Henry Holt and Company). In it were three works by Richard M. Ketchum, and if his name is not familiar to you, his work probably is, he was the director of book publishing at American Heritage Publishing Company for twenty years. The three books are great reads and solid history on the American Revolution. First published in 1962, Decisive Day recounts the battle that escalated the simmering conflict between the colonies and England to a point that war was the only recourse. "Sure and skillful . . . Ketchum dispels two centuries of legend and error about that awful day." -- The New York Times Book Review.]

Ketchum, Richard M. Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War. Owl/Henry Holt 1999 [In what's probably my favorite of the three Ketchum books, Saratoga (originally published in 1997), the author delivers a wonderful narrative of the campaign that witnessed the surrender of an entire British army and gave France the incentive needed to enter the conflict. Ketchum looks at more than the battles and the campaign, he uses a very broad approach that discusses matters in England and Canada with some degree of detail. This is a 545-page book, and the author doesn't even get to Freeman's Farm till about page 350 or so. The twists and turns, and yes, diversions, Ketchum takes are fascinating, all the more so because he has a definite knack for describing colorful characters, and this campaign was full of them starting with Burgoyne! There is much to enjoy in this fine work, and no reader will be left unclear as to what contributed to the eventual success of the Americans in the perilous summer of 1777. "More than a brilliant, gripping account of one of history's most important battles; it is a vivid, needed reminder of how hard-fought, gritty, sweat-soaked, awful, heroic, and all-important was the American War. Like Shelby Foote unfolding the drama of the Civil War, Richard M. Ketchum writes of the Revolution as if he had been there. . . . No novelist could create characters more memorable than the protagonists on both the American and British sides. . . . This is superbly researched, full-scale narrative history at its best." -- David McCullough. "Why Burgoyne was unable to control the Hudson in 1777, and why it mattered so much, vividly described from a vast range of sources. . . . More than the Civil War, more than any other event in our history, Ketchum says, the American Revolution was 'the signal moment in our past.' If he is correct, and I believe he is, we still live with the results of those complex battles." -- Pauline Maier, The New York Times Book Review.]

Ketchum, Richard M. The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton. Owl/Henry Holt 1999 [In The Winter Soldiers (first published in 1973), Ketchum turns his talents to chronicling the desperate state of Washington's pitiful little army, and how the general managed to not only keep it together during the bitter winter of 1776-1777, but by winning two key battles he kept the faltering rebellion alive. "In this book the American Revolution begins to appear as a tale of men like ourselveswho did their best in what looked likea failing cause and won a brilliant success." -- Bruce Catton.]

Kostum, Angus. Guilford Courthouse 1781. [Praeger Illustrated Military History Series] Praeger 2004 [Also available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. Kostum provides a useful introduction to the Southern campaign that brought Lord Cornwallis victory over the army of Nathaniel Greene, but at a terrible cost -- over one-quarter of his forces and several key officers. These losses were to come back to haunt Cornwallis in the final, decisve campaign of the war at Yorktown. After his Pyrrhic victory, Cornwallis was in no position to retain control of the south and Greene's army reemerged from the defeat to establish control of the region. Cornwallis meanwhile headed north to Virginia, which he felt was the key to defeating the Americans. Each volume in this Praeger series uses heavy paper, and they have the high-quality graphics Osprey is known for -- full-color "3-D' maps, numerous color illustrations and renditions, photographs, etc. The books have a common organization, which makes them especially valuable for military neophytes. The organization is roughly as follows (although there are some exceptions or reordering depending on the book): an introduction that puts the campaign into its broader historical context, a chronolgy of key dates, an examination of the opponents' campaign plans, biographies of each sides' leaders, a discussion of the opposing armies, the conduct of the campaign, more detailed accounts of the key battle(s), orders of battle for a campaignand/or battle, an analysis of the aftermath of the battle/campaign, a look at the battlefield today for those wishing to visit the sites, a bibliography/suggestions for further reading, and an index. Overall, I have found these books to be good, reliable introductions to significant battles and campaigns and do recommend them to military historians and buffs, whether one will be visiting the battlefields or not. This book was originally published in paperback by Osprey in 2002.]

Mattern, David B. Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution. Univ. of South Carolina Pr. 1998 [This is the key biography of one of the significant but lesser-known American Revolutionary War generals. Lincoln, a well-to-do Massachusetts farmer, was to eventually served as George Washington's second-in-command at Yorktown and later as the Secretary of War (1781-1783). This book was originally published in 1995. "Mattern, in the first modern biography of Lincoln, has done a splendid job of establishing his place in the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution." -- Journal of American History. "This admirably documented, extensively researched, and clearly written book brings an insufficiently examined subject to light. Mattern has added a noteworthy dimension to the literature of the American Revolution." -- Journal of Southern History. "Benjamin Lincoln is a fascinating figure. He now has a biography worthy of him." -- William and Mary Quarterly. "Based on an impressive and comprehensive array of primary sources, this book will remain the standard biography of Benjamin Lincoln for many years to come." -- Choice.]

Mayer, Holly A. Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution. Univ. of South Carolina Pr. 1996

Morrissey, Brendan. Boston 1775: The Shot Heard Around the World. [Praeger Illustrated Military History Series] Praeger 2004 [Originally published in paperback by Osprey in 1994 and 2000. The Praeger edition is the same as the 2000 Osprey edition except that the tour info is removed (although it can be readily obtained in the free brochure from the National Park Service); and two and one-half pages of the six page discussion on wargaming the Boston campaign are excised.]

Morrissey, Brendan. Boston 1775: The Shot Heard Around the World. Osprey 2000 [This book was originally published by Osprey in 1993 as #37 in the Campaign Series. Also available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca.]

Morrissey, Brendan. Quebec 1775: The American Invasion of Canada. [Praeger Illustrated Military History Series] Praeger 2004 [This book chronicles of the most unusual campaigns in the run up to the American War for Independence. Congress sent American forces to capture Montreal and Quebec. An American conquest of the Province of Quebec would pose vexing strategic probelms for the British, and the campaign witnessed a British rollback of the American occupation culminating in the naval battle at Lake Champlain. Amidst the ferocious struggle, one of the key American generals emerged -- Benedict Arnold. Yet in his very able command were the seen the seeds of his future problems as he proved most uncooperative with his superiors. Originally published in paperback by Osprey in 2003.]

Morrissey, Brendan. Saratoga 1777: Turning Point of a Revolution. [Praeger Illustrated Military History Series] Praeger 2004 [Also available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. This is an account of the campaign offered by a British historian. With the first significant defeat of British regulars by Continental forces, many argue this campaign was the turning point of the war. Originally published in paperback in 2000 as #67 in the Osprey Campaign Series with the title, Saratoga 1777.]

Morrissey, Brendan. Saratoga 1777: Turning Point of a Revolution. [Adam Hook, illus.] Osprey (UK)/Stackpole (US) 2000 [This book has historic site visitor information useful for battlefield tourists, plus a section on wargaming the Saratoga campaign. It was originally published in 2000 as #67 in the Osprey Campaign Series with the title, Saratoga 1777.]

Morrissey, Brendan. Yorktown 1781: The World Turned Upside Down. [Praeger Illustrated Military History Series] Praeger 2004 [Also available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. British historian Brendan Morrissey chronicles the final campaign of the American Revolution in which General George Washington's army, with French assistance, defeated the British forces under General Cornwallis's command. Although skirmishing continued on the western frontier and in the south, and 30,000 British troops remainied in North America, the war for all practical purposes was over. This book was originally published in paperback by Osprey in 1997.]

Parker, Geoffrey. The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800, Second Edition. Cambridge Univ. Pr. 1996 [Originally published in 1988, this has been one of the most significant military books of the last decade. It took an obscure military debate and placed it front and center in military historiography, and in historiography in general. A hardcover edition was released simultaneously with the trade paper edition.]

Quarles, Benjamin. The Negro in the American Revolution. [Gary Nash, new intro.; Thad W. Tate, new foreword] Univ. of North Carolina Pr. 1996 [orig. 1961.]

Royster, Charles. A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783. Univ. of North Carolina Pr. 1996 [orig. 1979. For a review of this book, click here.]

Silverstone, Paul H. The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854. [The U.S. Navy Warship Series] Naval Institute Pr. 2001 [This is the first book in a series by the noted naval historian. He assembles all relevant data on American ships from the American Revolution and the Quasi-War through combat against the Barbary pirates, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. Ships on Lakes Champlain, Ontario, and Erie are listed separately. Ships of the Revenue Cutter Service, Texas Navy, and the first U.S. Navy steam vessels are also included in this book. The data is presented in a tabular form and covers size, date, location of construction, commissioning date and length of service, other names the ship used while in merchant marine or other service, and the ship's fate. Further details include campaigns and actions fought, damages sustained, casualties, prizes taken, and ships sunk. "Paul Silverstone has again produced invaluable ship guides in this new series that includes Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. No other volumes provide as much useful data and commentary in easy-to-use formats. They are a must for the historian and ship buff." -- Norman Polmar. "This new U.S. Navy warship series will provide a needed tool primarily for the naval researcher and historian and secondly for the naval buff. Paul Silverstone is well qualified for this work. His abaility and knowledge of naval affairs and history have proven invaluable." -- Allan Harris. "Much but certainly not all of the information in this book is already available, but it is scattered in various places and formats. This first volume in the series makes an especially valuable contribution because there is no other good source for early sailing ships." -- James L. George. "Everyone interested in American sailing ships will want a copy of this book close at hand. Silverstone is thorough, covering every vessel built or pressed into service for the United States over an eighty-year period. It is the most comprehensive guide on the subject ever published." -- James C. Bradford.]

Simmons, Clara Ann. John Paul Jones: America's Sailor. Naval Institute Pr. 1997 [This is an illustrated biography of Jones intended for children.]

Wood, W.J. Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781. [Major Battles and Campaigns Series] Da Capo Pr. 1995 [orig. 1990]

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