{"id":579,"date":"2021-02-08T15:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:08:04","slug":"continentals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/continentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Continentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There are many ways to tell the story [of the American Revolution] \u2014different personnel, different motive forces, different perspectives on the ultimate outcomes\u2014but the essential plot remains the same&#8230;.But not every story of the Revolution fits so neatly into such providentialist and heroic-nationalist narratives of the Founding. Joseph Plumb Martin\u2019s\u00a0<i>Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier<\/i>, first published in Hallowell, Maine, in 1830, offers both a counter-record of the facts of the War and a counter-method for relating them.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/commonplace.online\/article\/starving-memory\/\">William Huntting Howell\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>History, Art &amp; Propaganda<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_580\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-reveres-boston-massacre-engraving\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-image-580 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-918x1024.png\" alt=\"Boston Massacre\" width=\"584\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-918x1024.png 918w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-768x857.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM.png 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Revere&#8217;s print depicting the Boston Massacre (1770)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Facts are stubborn things.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211;John Adams<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_581\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-leutzes-washington-crossing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-image-581 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-1024x787.png\" alt=\"Washington Crossing\" width=\"584\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-1536x1181.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-390x300.png 390w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM.png 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emanuel Leutze&#8217;s 1851 depiction of Washington Crossing the Delaware (1776)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1770\u00a0 Boston Massacre<\/li>\n<li>1775\u00a0 Lexington &amp; Concord<\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0 Declaration of Independence<\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0 Battle of New York (Pvt. Martin)<\/li>\n<li>1777\u00a0 Battle of Saratoga<\/li>\n<li>1777-8\u00a0 Valley Forge\u00a0 (Pvt. Martin)<\/li>\n<li>1778\u00a0 French Alliance<\/li>\n<li>1780\u00a0 Battle of Charleston<\/li>\n<li>1781\u00a0 Battle of Yorktown (Pvt. Martin)<\/li>\n<li>1783\u00a0 Treaty of Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-585 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM.png\" alt=\"Map\" width=\"648\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM.png 648w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Joseph Martin&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Narrative\u00a0<\/em>(1830)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battle of New York (1776)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The soldiers at New-York had an idea that the enemy, when they took possession of the town, would make a general seizure of all property that could be of use to them as military or commissary stores, hence they imagined that it was no injury to supply themselves when they thought they could do so with impunity, which was the case of my having any hand in the transaction I am going to relate\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In retreating we had to cross a level clear spot of ground, forty or fifty rods wide, exposed to the whole of the enemy\u2019s fire; and they gave it to us in prime order; the grape shot and language flew merrily, which served to quicken our motions. When I had gotten a little out of reach of the combustibles, I found myself in company with one who was a neighbour of mine when at home, and one other man belonging to our regiment; where the rest of them were I knew not. We went into a house by the highway, in which were two women and some small children, all crying most bitterly; we asked the women if they had any spirits in the house; they placed a case bottle of rum upon the table, and bid us help ourselves. We each of us drank a glass, and bidding them good bye, betook ourselves to the highway again.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Philadelphia (1777)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>While we lay here there was a Continental thanksgiving ordered by Congress; and as the army had all the cause in the world to be particularly thankful, if not for being well off, at least, that it was no worse, we were ordered to participate in it. We had nothing to eat for two or three days previous, except what the trees of the fields and forests afforded us. But we must now have what Congress said\u2014a sumptuous thanksgiving to close the year of high living, we had now nearly seen brought to a close. Well\u2014to add something extraordinary to our present stock of provisions, our country, ever mindful of the suffering army, opened her sympathizing heart so wide, upon this occasion, as to give us something to make the world stare. And what do you think it was, reader?\u2014Guess.\u2014You cannot guess, be you as much of a Yankee as you will. I will tell you: it gave each and every man half a gill of rice, and a table spoon full of vinegar!!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-589\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.12.28-AM.png\" alt=\"Title page\" width=\"386\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.12.28-AM.png 386w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.12.28-AM-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/01\/Cox-chapter.pdf\"><strong>George Washington on Leadership<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-587\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM-1024x682.png\" alt=\"Washington\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM-1536x1023.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM-451x300.png 451w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.04.52-AM.png 1622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There are many ways to tell the story [of the American Revolution] \u2014different personnel, different motive forces, different perspectives on the ultimate outcomes\u2014but the essential plot remains the same&#8230;.But not every story of the Revolution fits so neatly into such &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/continentals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}