Rag, Tag, and Bobtail; the Story of the Continental Army, 1775-1783

By letting the participants speak for themselves, Lynn Montross has written in effect an eyewitness account of the American Revolution and its valiant little army of colonials. His collaborators ar the men and women - rebels and loyalists, Britons and Hessians, generals and privates, scholars and dolts and camp followers - who shaped those crucial years and kept initimate records of their experiences. Written from first-hand sources, Rag Tag and Bobtail contains more diary material than any other account of the Revolution. Hundreds of journal have been culled for the significant and colorful details which make history a human adventure. Montross provides the framework of events.