From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Before the mid-18th century royal troops were seldom shipped out from Britain; and the main burden of successive wars with the American Indians; and with Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain; fell upon locally raised units; which also fought alongside the Crown forces during the major operations of the French-Indian War of the 1750s. This final book of a fascinating three-part study covers the militias and provincial troops raised in the Carolinas; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Georgia; Nova Scotia; Hudson's Bay and Quebec Province; and also Rangers; and colors and standards.
#1045104 in Books imusti 2016-11-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.75 x 1.00 x 5.50l; .84 #File Name: 1784536911304 pagesI B Tauris Company
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