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George Washington Versus the Continental Army - Showdown at the New Windsor Cantonment, 1782-1783 (Paperback)
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George Washington Versus the Continental Army - Showdown at the New Windsor Cantonment, 1782-1783 (Paperback)
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The Revolutionary War was nearing its end in early 1783. In his
Hudson Highlands stronghold, General Washington kept a wary eye on
the British force in New York City, 60 miles away. His soldiers,
owed months of back pay and promised pensions, chafed under martial
authority. A nationalist faction in Congress seized upon this
discontent to instigate the Newburgh Conspiracy, a plot by
Continental Army officers to menace civil officials who opposed the
Impost, a 5% tax on imports to be collected by the central
government, to satisfy the nation's debts. The army--by this time a
formidable force of seasoned veterans--was provoked into
threatening the very liberties it had fought to defend. This book
examines this last major crisis of the Revolution, when Washington
stood between his men and the American people.
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