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The citizen-soldier reconsidered: Technology, the militia, and the Black Boys Uprising of 1765

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22203
Author
Summers, Clark H.
Date of Publication
2018.
Call Number
973.26 S955
Responsibility
by Clark H. Summers.
Author
Summers, Clark H.
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, Mi
Publisher
ProQuest LLC ,
Date of Publication
2018.
Physical Description
273 pages : illus.; 23 centimers.
Notes
Humanities program.
Contains bibliographic references.
Summary
"The original research presented here focuses on the experience of the Pennsylvania militia formations established and evolving over the course of the French and Indian War, and during the subsequent years of Pontiacs War, from 1754 to 1765. In particular, the Black Boys Uprising of 1765 in the Conococheague Region of Pennsylvania serves as the index case, the first time American militiamen successfully defeated British regulars by employing adaptive hybrid tactics combined with accurate long-range rifle fires. This event demonstrates the means by which American militia might achieve tactical parity with British regulars." [Clark Summers in his review of the book, https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/dissertations/AAI10982011/]
Subjects
Pennsylvania
Kentucky rifle.
Black Boys Rebellion
United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.26 S955
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