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    The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary...
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    000 active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard soldiers. FORSCOM was created on 1 July 1973 from the former Continental Army Command (CONARC)...
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    States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The United States Army considers itself a continuation of the Continental Army, and...
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    American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army. During the war, American Patriot forces...
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    In the American Revolutionary War units of the Continental Army were assigned to any one of seven regional or territorial departments to decentralize their...
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    Petition to King George III, established the Continental Army, and elected George Washington commander of the new army. After the king issued the Proclamation...
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    The Continental Army was the national army of first the Thirteen Colonies, and then the independent United States, during the American Revolutionary War...
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    States Army was the title given to the service chief and highest-ranking officer of the United States Army (and its predecessor the Continental Army), prior...
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    Revolutionary War. It pitted the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, against the British Army in North America, commanded by General...
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    then under construction. In December 1776, the Continental Marines were tasked to join Washington's army at Trenton to slow the progress of British troops...
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    The Regular Army of the United States succeeded the Continental Army as the country's permanent, professional land-based military force. In modern times...
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    attack organized by George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which culminated in their attack on Hessian forces garrisoned at Trenton...
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    Valley Forge was the winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. The Valley...
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  • The Continental Army was founded in response to a need for professional soldiers in the American Revolutionary War to fight the invading British Army. Until...
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    stationed there. On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted to create the Continental Army out of the militia units around Boston, and the...
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    concurrent positions in more than one organization, and a number of Continental Army generals also held high-ranking positions in their state militia organizations...
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    George Washington (category Continental Army generals)
    States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory...
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    The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. The army went...
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    the Second Continental Congress operated as a de facto war government, who had authorized the creation of the Continental Army, the Continental Navy, and...
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    desperately needed provisions that could otherwise benefit the Continental Army. The Continental Congress appointed Silas Deane and John Langdon to draft a...
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    lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army (Josiah Harmar), who acted as the army's commanding officer. In the Continental Army aides to the Commander in Chief...
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  • Force. In the United States, the rank of captain first appeared in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. A captain was the officer placed in charge...
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    Robert Howe (/haʊ/; c. 1732 – December 14, 1786) was a Continental Army general from the Province of North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War...
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  • War are shown as ending on June 2, 1784. This is the date that the Continental Army was ordered to be demobilized; actual demobilization took until June...
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  • Look up continental or Continental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Continental may refer to: Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County...
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    Second Continental Congress, which convened at present-day Independence Hall in Philadelphia responded by authorizing formation of the Continental Army and...
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    force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington with support from Marquis de Lafayette and French Army troops led by Comte...
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    edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn. The British defeated the Continental Army and gained access to the strategically important Port of New York,...
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    Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11...
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  • the following stopgap solution for distinguishing the ranks: "As the Continental Army has unfortunately no uniforms, and consequently many inconveniences...
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