A proper sense of honor : service and sacrifice in George Washington's army

Publication Data

• Title A proper sense of honor : service and sacrifice in George Washington's army
• Author Caroline Cox
• Publisher University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date 2004
• Publication location Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Language English

Contents

Take the length of every soldier : servants, sons, and gentlemen of the Continental Army
A proper sense of honor : educating officers and soldiers
Necessary and excusable measures : the policy and practice of punishment
Oh the groans of the sick : health, status, and military medicine
The last duty to the dead : death and burial in the Continental Army
Onspeakable sufrings such as no man can tell : status and the treatment of prisoners of war.

Topics

• United States. Continental Army :: History
• United States. Continental Army :: Military life
• United States. Continental Army :: Officers :: Social conditions
• Soldiers :: United States :: Social conditions :: 18th century
• Honor :: United States :: History :: 18th century
• United States :: History :: Revolution, 1775-1783 :: Social aspects
• United States

A proper sense of honor : service and sacrifice in George Washington's army by Caroline Cox. ISBN 080782884X. Published by University of North Carolina Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.