Soldiers of America's First Army

1791

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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1791 marked one of the worst military defeats the United States Army ever suffered. As Major General Arthur St. Clair led both regular Army and militia levee soldiers to the banks of the Wabash River, Native Americans rose to stop them—and stop the Army they did. In this fascinating study, Richard Lytle gives historians, genealogists, and local history buffs a monumental resource for the study of St. Clair's soldiers. Not only a detailed narrative of this campaign, this is also the most complete roster of soldiers available, and a comprehensive description of their origins, equipment and organization.This resource assembles in one place both the narrative and hard to find reference materials that genealogists and historians need to research and better understand this seminal event in America's westward growth.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-10-22
Mått176 x 214 x 29 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor454
FörlagScarecrow Press
ISBN9780810850118

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Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. History of the Miami IndiansChapter 4 2. The United States Army before 1791Chapter 5 3. Creating the RegimentsChapter 6 4. Recruiting and Forming the RegimentsChapter 7 5. Deployments, April to September 1791Chapter 8 6. The Question of NumbersChapter 9 7. Beginning St. Clair's CampaignChapter 10 8. The Fight on the WabashChapter 11 9. Retreat and RecoveryChapter 12 10. AftermathChapter 13 Personnel ListsChapter 14 Appendix: Numbers, Food, Equipment, ClothingChapter 15 NotesChapter 16 BibliographyChapter 17 IndexChapter 18 About the Author

On November 4, 1791, the US Army, under the command of Major General Arthur St. Clair, suffered a major defeat. Expanding previous accounts, an Indiana historian/librarian includes a more complete roster of the units that fought against the Miami Indians on the banks of the upper Wabash River, a history of the tribe and the formation of the new US army. Lytle implies that, due to intentional as well as accidental destruction of records, the fate of every participant in the campaign may never be known. The roster and related Army details comprise about two-thirds of the book.