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Author Eames, Steven C., 1954- author.

Title Rustic warriors : warfare and the provincial soldier on the New England frontier, 1689-1748 / Steven C. Eames.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Warfare and culture
Warfare and culture series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: The New England provincial soldier: a problem of perception -- The initiation of war and the New England military system -- Garrisons: the first line of defense -- Provincial forts: the magnet -- Scouts: patrols, probes, and raids -- Expeditions: the Anglo-American partnership -- Stores of war: the logistical nightmare -- Recruiting: gone for a soldier -- Officers: chosen to lead -- Battle drill and fighting spirit -- Battle experience: facing the enemy -- The wounds of war.
Summary "The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers, or British white settlers, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire fight against New France and her Native American allies with minimal involvement from England ... Steven Eames demonstrates that [the battlefield style that] developed in early New England was ... a unique way of war that selectively blended elements of European military strategy, frontier fighting, and native American warfare. This new form of warfare responded to and influenced the particular challenges, terrain, and demography of early New England. Drawing upon a wealth of primary materials on King William's War, Queen Anne's War, Dummer's War, and King George's War, Eames offers a bottom-up view of how war was conducted and how war was experienced in this particular period and place"--Page 4 of cover
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Language English.
Subject Massachusetts. Militia -- History.
Massachusetts. Militia.
History.
New Hampshire. Militia -- History.
New Hampshire. Militia.
New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Englanders -- Warfare.
New Englanders.
Military art and science.
Soldiers -- New England -- History.
Soldiers.
New England.
New England -- History, Military.
History, Military.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Chronological Term 1600-1775
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
Added Title Warfare and the provincial soldier on the New England frontier, 1689-1748
Other Form: Print version: Eames, Steven C., 1954- Rustic warriors. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814722701 (DLC) 2011028153 (OCoLC)724667217
ISBN 9780814722718 (electronic book)
0814722717 (electronic book)
9780814722879 (electronic book)
0814722873 (electronic book)
9780814722701
0814722709
Standard No. 10.18574/9780814722718