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The Pennsylvania Flying Camp, July-November 1776

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15918
Author
Devine, Francis E.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.46
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by Francis E. Devine.
Author
Devine, Francis E.
Physical Description
59-78 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.46, 1979.
"The Flying Camp was an early and short-lived experiment with the concept of Extra Continental regiments, a 'national' rather than a 'confederate' force, which was to be distinct as having formed without any administrative connection to any individual state." [Wikipedia]
Summary
The article discusses the reserve Revolutionary War forces known as the Flying Camp.
Subjects
Flying Camp.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.46
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https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/view/24081/23850
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The services of Peter Smith, Revolutionary hero

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Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1917
pressing need for defense brought into existence the Flying Camp and it was with this particular part of the Revolution that the services of Peter Smith had to do. The Pennsylvania Archives acknowledge to very little data concerning the Flying Camp. As the companies comprising this part of the Army were
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by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
137-142 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 8 & 9
Summary
The story of Peter Smith's service in the Revolutionary War. He was not a hero in the sense that he was reported to have performed a specific valiant act, but a hero in the sense that he served his country as a citizen soldier in several phases of the war.
Subjects
Smith, Peter.
Flying Camp.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 8/9 (1917), p. 137-142Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.21
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