Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment / Nancy K. Loane.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9781597973854
- 1597973858
- E 234 .L63 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Setting the stage : the war, army, and community -- Martha Washington at Valley Forge : "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men" -- Martha Washington at the other encampments : a resolute and loyal lady -- Catharine Greene and Lucy Knox : the ladies come to Valley Forge -- Rebekah Biddle, Lady Stirling, and Alice Shippen at Valley Forge : "I should not be sorry to see you here" -- The women with Washington's "family" : slaves, servants, and spies -- Camp women at Valley Forge : "a caravan of wild beasts" -- Camp women with the Continental Army : cannonballs and cooking kettles -- The general returns to Valley Forge : a distinguished officer's musings -- Appendix: Making the myth of Martha Washington : nineteenth-century fantasy vs. eighteenth-century reality.
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