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The journal and order book of Captain Robert Kirkwood of the Delaware regiment of the continental line PART I- A Journal of the Southern campaign 1780

The journal and order book of Captain Robert Kirkwood of the Delaware regiment of the continental line PART I- A Journal of the Southern campaign 1780

Kirkwood, Robert

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General ReferenceGeneral Military HistoryGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9353705118
ISBN13: 9789353705114
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Follow the Revolution at ground level: the daily decisions, the marching orders, the hard-won steadiness of a fighting regiment. War is kept on paper. Captain Robert Kirkwood of the Delaware regiment left a rare double record: a military campaign journal of the southern campaign 1780-1782 and a regimental order book from the New Jersey campaign 1777. Edited by Joseph Brown Turner, this annotated primary source edition brings together the immediacy of field notes with the structure of continental army orders, revealing how continental line operations were organised, supplied, disciplined, and driven forward. Names surface, places fix themselves on the map, and the ordinary mechanics of war become sharply human. Valued as an American Revolution diary collection and a cornerstone of American Revolution military history, Kirkwood's papers illuminate Delaware regiment history beyond the headline battles, making them equally compelling as narrative reading and as an American history reference. For genealogy and lineage research, the order entries and journal observations offer concrete, date-stamped traces of service and movement. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Turner's notes clarify units, dates, and context without dulling the original cadence, making the volume a dependable companion for students, reenactors, and armchair historians. As a classic documentary of the Continental line, it belongs beside other founding-era memoirs - handsome to shelve, and invaluable to return to, again and again.

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