Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution

The Resource Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution

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Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution

Statement of responsibility

Caroline Cox ; with a foreword by Robert Middlekauff

Language

eng

Summary

"Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically"--

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NcU/DLC

Dewey number

973.3/4083

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

UB418.C45

LC item number

C69 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

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