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World of the Common Soldier (Articles, Published and Unpublished)

John U. Rees

136 North Sugan Road,

New Hope, Pa. 18938

Phone: (215) 862-2348

Email: ju_rees@msn.com

Military Material Culture

(List 11 of 15)

Blankets, vol. 1, 77-78 (250 words);

Cartridge boxes, pouches, canisters, vol. 1, 173-174 (250 words);

Knapsacks and the soldiers’ burden, vol. 1, 591 (300 words);

Entries in, Mark M. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military

History, Harold E. Selesky, ed. (2nd

Edition, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006)

“`That damned blue Regiment …’: Continental Army Clothing during the Monmouth

Campaign,” Appendix M of, "’What is this you have been about to day?’: The New Jersey

Brigade at the Battle of Monmouth,”

http://revwar75.com/library/rees/monmouth/MonmouthToc.htm

"`The great distress of the Army for want of Blankets ...': Supply Shortages, Suffering

Soldiers, and a Secret Mission During the Hard Winter of 1780": "Our condition for want of ... Blankets is quite painful ...": Shortages in the Continental Army, 1776-1779

"Without even a shadow of a blanket ...": Desperate Measures to Procure Covering for the Army, 1780

Military Collector & Historian, vol. 52, no. 3 (Fall 2000), 98-110.

http://revwar75.com/library/rees/blanketts.htm

"`White Wollen,' 'Striped Indian Blankets,' 'Rugs and Coverlids': The Variety of

Continental Army Blankets," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXVI, no. 4 (Winter 2000), 11-

14. http://www.revwar75.com/library/rees/variety.htm

“Continental Soldiers' Milled Wool Caps, 1778," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXX, no. 2

(Summer 2000), 16-17.

"On the Use of Tin Cartridge Boxes in the Continental Army," Military Collector &

Historian, vol. XLII, no. 4 (Winter 1990), 150-51. Illustration by Ross Hamel.

"The Care and Cleaning of Firelocks in the 18th Century: A Discussion of Period Methods

and Their Present Day Applications", published in The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXII, no. 2

(Summer 1991), 2-11, and Muzzleloader, vol. XXI, no. 4, (September/October 1994),

62-66.

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"`The Taylors of the Regiment’: Insights on Continental Soldiers Making and Mending

Clothing,” The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXIX, no. 4 (Winter 2001), 4.

"’The taylors of the regiment’: Insights on Soldiers Making and Mending Clothing, and

Continental Army Clothing Supply, 1778 to 1783,” Military Collector & Historian, vol. 63,

no. 4 (Winter 2011), 254-265.

"`That the Soldiers may Know... Respect': Military Courtesies Shown to Officers by Enlisted

Men in the Continental Army," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXIII, no. 3 (Summer 1992),

11-13, 19.

"Shoulder Arms of the Officers of the Continental Army (With some mention of bayonets and

the lack thereof)," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXIII, no. 1 (Winter 1992), 12-14.

"Firelocks in the Continental Army: Their Supply, Care and Condition," The Continental

Soldier, two parts: vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter, 1991), 19-26; vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 1992), 20-25.

“`The great Consumption of Cannon Ammunition …’: Continental Artillery at Monmouth,

28 June 1778,” Military Collector & Historian, vol. 60, no. 1 (Spring 2008), 38-39.

http://revwar75.com/library/rees/pdfs/artillery.pdf

“`The first object … should be to clean your Arms …’: The Care and Cleaning of Firelocks in

the 18th Century” (updated article, work in progress)

“`The Necessaries of a Soldier ...’: The Common Soldier's Burden During the War

for Independence” (work in progress): Tentative headings/contents: 1. “Complement of necessaries … for the soldier.”

2. “The load a soldier generally carries during a campaign …”

Weapons

Ammunition and Cartridge Containers

Knapsacks, Blanket Rolls, etc.

Knapsack contents

Food Carriage, and Cooking and Eating Utensils

Miscellaneous Gear

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“`Taking to the field only what is essential for decency and comfort …’: Officers’ Food, Mess,

and Campaign Equipage during the American War, 1775-1783” (work in progress)

Part 1. “’Those necessaries only which cannot be dispensed with …’:

Revolutionary Officers' Campaign Experience and Equipage” 1. “Things necessary for a Gentleman to be furnished with …”: Officers’ Kit

for Regimental Service

2. “Divers officers are intitled to two horse wagons …”: Equipment Carriage

3. “The Absurdity of heavy Baggage …”: American and British Attempts to Reduce

Excess Baggage

4."The officers must be satisfied walking …”: Allotment of Horses

5. British Officers’ Campaign Equipage and Living Conditions.

6. American Campaign Gear and Conditions

Part 2. "’A better repast …’: Continental Army Field and Company Officers’ Fare”

Part 3. “’The repast was in the English fashion’: Revolutionary General Officers’

Culinary Equipage in Camp and on Campaign” 1. “Plates, once tin but now Iron …”: General Washington’s Mess Equipment

2. “40 Dozens Lemons, in a Box”: British Generals’ Provisions and Mess Equipage

3. “My poor cook is almost always sick …”: General Riedesel Goes to America

4. “A Major General & family”: Nathanael Greene’s Food Ware

"`For the purpose of carrying Ammunition’: American Cartouche Pouch Quality,

Cartridges, and Tin and Iron Ammunition Canisters, 1775-1780”

(updated article, work in progress)

"The Use of Tumplines or Blanket Slings by Light Troops," The Continental Soldier, vol.

VIII, no. 2 (Summer 1995), 27-29.