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Continental Soldier Newsletters
2007
Summer 2007 Newsletter
Excerpts:- Von Heer's Provost Corps Marechausee - David L. Valuska
- The First Actions of Marion and the 2nd South Carolina - Erick Nason
- I Was Thinking About Guilford Today ... - Bert Puckett
- Making a Ground Cloth
- The Care & Feeding of Your Cooperage
Spring 2007 Newsletter
Excerpts:- Why What We Do Is Important - Bruce Batten
- A contemporary comparison between General Burgoyne and General Cornwallis - Sean Kelleher
- Marion and The Later Years - Erick Nason
2006
Fall 2006 Newsletter
Excerpts:- Huck's Defeat and Unconventional Warfare - Erick Nason
- What Every Soldier Needs - Ron Videau
- Threads That Bind: Linen - Anne Henninger
- Thompson's Rifle Battalion - David L. Valuska
- Some Notes On Axes - John White
Spring 2006 Newsletter
Excerpts:- Potomac Raids: April 1781 - Mike Cecere
- Details Of Nathan Hale's Capture - Bruce Batten
- German-Americans In The War For Independence, Part 1 - David L. Valuska, PH.D.
- Facing Proper, According To Von Steuben - Chip Gnam
- The Crescent - Ron Videau
- The History And Significance Of Pallas & Tantae - Joe Giammarco
- Puttin' On The Dog: Adventures In The Idioms Of Our Mother Tongue - James Breig
2005
Summer 2005 Officer Reports
Article:- "So much for a Scotch Prize" - John U. Rees
2004
Summer 2004 Newsletter
Excerpt:- Instructions for making Tent Poles - John White
2001
Fall 2001 Excerpt:
Summer 2001 Excerpts:
- Arms vs. Firelocks, a Question of Research - Chip Gnam
- Courting And Wedding Practice In The Days Of Early New York - Mitch Lee
- The Revolution's Black Soldiers - Dr. Robert A. Selig
Spring 2001 Excerpts:
- So, you think that this is a bad winter? - Karen L. Hayden
- The Other Unknown Soldier - Shelley Davis
- "We have done well, now we must do good" - Col. Neale Cosby (RET)
2000
Winter 2000 Excerpts:
- The Flags of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment 1775-1784 - Jim Hayden (1st NH)
- Pulaski's Remains Found? - Jim Sieradzki (Pulaski's)
- Shirt Sewing Instructions - Terry Glasier (6th MA)
Fall 2000 Excerpts:
- The Battle of Great Bridge, December 9, 1775 - Kyle Willyard
- Bringing up the Rear: "You've Got Mail!" - Karen L. Hayden
Spring/Summer 2000 Excerpts:
- The Uniforms of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment 1775-1784 - Compiled by Jim Hayden (1st NH)
- Women Soldiers in the American Revolution - Marjy Wienkop (1st NJ)
- Lighting Freedom's Flame - Sean Kelleher
Spring 2000 Excerpts:
- Wagons and Watercraft during the War for Independence - Part II - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
- Let it begin here: The Battles of Lexington and Concord April 18-19, 1775 - John O. Newell
- Taverns, Alcohol Selling and Women - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
1999
Winter 1999 Excerpts:
- Regimental Muster Roll Directions, 1777 - Mike Barbieri
- Wagons and Watercraft during the War for Independence - Part I - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
Spring 1999 Excerpts:
- Sidelights of General John Sullivan's Indian Campaign of 1779 - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
- Alden's Sixth Massachusetts Regiment
- The Human Experience of Grief - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
1998
Fall/Winter 1998 Excerpts:
- Skirt: The Correct Terminology For The Rev War Period? - Sue Huesken (1st NJ)
- Bringing Up The Rear: Mary Slocum - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
Summer 1998 Excerpts:
- Sgt. Leftfoot's Musing & Meanderings: The Oblique Step - Sgt. Addison P. Leftfoot
- The Thread Counter - Brian Hathaway and Steven Sandford
- Soldier's Guide To Field Music, Volume 2 - Kim Newell (1st NJ)
- As Many Fireplaces As You Have Tents - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
- An Introduction To Ships Of The American Revolution - Lee Bienkowski
Spring 1998 Excerpts:
- Sgt. Leftfoot's Musing & Maneuvering: Forward, March! - Sgt. Addison P. Leftfoot
- What Really Happened At Rock Ford? - Jim Newell
- Soldier's Guide To Field Music, Volume 1 - Kim Newell (1st NJ)
- What Are All Those "f" Characters...? - Bob Sullivan (ICon)
- "One Of The Best In The Army" — An Overview Of The 2nd New Jersey Regiment And General William Maxwell's Jersey Brigade - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
Winter 1998 Excerpts:
- Book Review: The Road To Guilford Courthouse - David McKissack (7th VA)
- "Sospecting the prisner to be a tory..." A Continental Army Court Martial, July 1777 - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
- A Token Of Surrender Or One Mode Of Attack: The Firelock Clubb'd - Don Hagist
1997
Fall 1997 Excerpts:
- Book Review: Saratoga - David McKissack (7th VA)
- Currency And Finance In The 18th Century - James E. Newell
- Watch Out For Ticks! - Sue Huesken (1st NJ)
- A Jingling Match - Don Hagist
Summer 1997 Excerpts:
- What Really Happened At Delta Lake? - Mitch Lee (3rd NY, DeWitt's)
- The Method Of Forming And Relieving Several Guards In And About The Encampment Of A Battalion - Eric Chetwynd (2nd MA)
- Doctor Mom, Colonial Style - Clarissa Dillon, PhD
- "...sufficient...to strip a soldier to the skin." Sutlers In The Continental Army, 1777-1782 - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
- Bringing Up The Rear...With Faith - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
Spring 1997 Excerpts:
- Why Didn't My Musket Fire - John DiCarlo (Wayne's Lights)
- Bordentown, New Jersey - Drew Smith
- The Click Rule - Frank Chamberlain (10th MA)
- Eighteenth Century Medicine In Perspective - Marjory E. Wienkop (6th MD)
- Insights On Clothing Worn By Female Campfollowers Of The Armies During The American War For Independence - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
1996
Winter 1996 Excerpts:
- Coping With Snow - Don Hagist
- "Revolutionary" Corduroy - Sue Huesken (1st NJ)
- Bringing Up The Rear: Winter Holidays - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
Fall 1996 Excerpts:
- What Really Happened At North Andover, MA? - Jim Hayden (1st NH)
- What's Your Source - Bob Sullivan (ICon)
- On The Placement Of Guards...A Recommendation For Continental Line Re-Enactments - Jim Hayden (1st NH)
- Philip Morin Freneau contributed - Jack Garner (1st MD)
- Eighteenth Century Writing Instruments - James E. Newell
- The Diary of Job Whitall - Sue Huesken (1st NJ)
- Bringing Up The Rear: Bringing Life Into The World - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
Summer 1996 Excerpts:
- A Gentlemen's Delight - Kenneth Reinard (German Regt.)
- How Much Is That...? - James E. Newell
- The Marechausee Was Not A Minuet - Ron Puza (Von Heer's)
- Sarah Clark: Runaway - Sue Huesken (1st NJ)
- Bringing Up The Rear: Women In Camp - Karen L. Hayden (1st NH)
Spring 1996 Excerpts:
- Let's Re-enact: Except The Dysentary - Susan McClellan Plaisted, MS RD
- A Brief Account of Religion and the Revolutionary War Chaplaincy: Part 2 - Jim Newell
1995
Winter 1995 Excerpts:
- New Year's Day, 1781: The Day The Rebels Rebelled - Bob Sullivan (ICon)
- Powder Horn Safety - Joseph Ruckman (1st VA)
- Forgotten Hero's Voices from the Past - Ron Vido (2nd NC)
- A Brief Account of Religion and the Revolutionary War Chaplaincy: Part 1 - James E. Newell
- Rediscovering the Fat Lamp - Chris Witmer
- Speak Up, Woman! - Anne Howard
Fall 1995 Excerpts:
- What Really Happened At Cherry Valley - Gary Corrado
- From the Trailspike - Mark Magiera, Knox's Artillery
- A Dream Come True (Or So You Want To Be A Campfollower) - Lauren Radecsky (6th PA)
- Dutch Support of America's Independence 1770-1782 - Paul Trainor (ICon)
- Bringing Up The Rear...In Small Clothes - Karen Hayden (1st NH)
Summer 1995 Excerpts:
- What Really Happened At The Battle of Monmouth? - Garry Wheeler Stone
- The Continental Army Staff: What's In It For You? - Bob Sullivan (ICon)
- Lyme Disease: A Re-enactor's Nightmare - Sue Huesken (1st NJ)
- The Use of Tumplines or Blanket Slings by Light Troops - John U. Rees (2nd NJ)
Spring 1995 Excerpts:
- Female Campfollowers with the Continental Army - John U. Rees
- To See Or Not To See, That Is The Question - James E. Newell
- Bringing Up The Rear: Move Over 007! - Karen L. Hayden
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