Armies are the products of the societies that create them. In 1775,
when patriot leaders formed the Continental army, they were
informed by their own experiences and their knowledge of the
British army. Thus, the Continental Congress created a corps of
officers who were gentlemen and a body of soldiers who were not.
Caroline Cox shows that, following this decision, a great gap
existed in the conditions of service between soldiers and officers
of the Continental army. Her study of daily military life,
punishment and military justice, medical care and burial rituals
illuminates the social world of the Continental army and shows how
every aspect of life reinforced the distinctions of rank. At a time
when existing social arrangements were increasingly challenged by
war and political rhetoric that embraced the equal rights of men,
Cox shows that change crept slowly into American military life.
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