Volume 1 of the Revolutionary War Series begins with
Washington's address of 16 June 1775 accepting command of the
Continental army and continues to the middle of September 1775. The
focus of the volume is on Washington's initial effort to make an
effective fighting force out of the green provincial army that he
found besieging the city of Boston.
His military letters and orders for these three months deal
extensively with his reorganization of the army, the instituting of
new administrative procedures and standards of discipline, the
teaching of duties to both officers and men, and the measures taken
to overcome the army's perplexing supply problems, most notably the
alarming shortage of gunpowder. They also touch on matters of
strategy and tactics relating to schemes for reducing the British
garrison in Boston, the arming of American vessels to intercept
enemy supplies at sea, and the planning for Benedict Arnold's bold
march to Quebec.
Much of the information upon which Washington based his
decisions is contained in the letters that he received from his
numerous correspondents. Included here are detailed reports of
British military activities in and about Boston, along with the New
England coast, in Canada, and in Virginia, as well as news of
legislative actions and recommendations of men, to fill positions
both high and low in the Continental army.
Supplementing the portrait of Washington the general provided
by his official correspondence are a number of letters to and from
relatives and friends in Virginia. These offer a more intimate view
of the private man and his personal affairs. Of particular interest
are the two letters that he wrote in June 1775 from Philadelphia to
Martha Washington, rare survivals of the correspondence that Mrs.
Washington destroyed shortly before her death.
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