Revolutionary War Courts-Martial, 1775-1783

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Courts-Martial, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.

Original data: Neagles, James C. Summer Soldiers, A Survey & Index of Revolutionary War Courts-Martial. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Ancestry, Inc., 1986.

About Revolutionary War Courts-Martial, 1775-1783

The history of the American Revolution is familiar to any American citizen. This work contains the stories of the 3,315 men who did not meet the challenges of the war and were brought before military courts-martial. Even if an ancestor isn't found in this book, this book reveals in part the context surrounding the Revolutionary War, giving it particular appeal to anyone whose ancestors were in the Revolutionary War.

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