Publisher's Synopsis
One of the most remarkable aspects of the American Revolution and one that is not appreciated as much as it warrants is the fact that the Americans were able to develop a cohesive military in a short time and from scratch. When the first shots rang out at Lexington, there was no American force; Pennsylvania, for example, had no official military arm at the start of the war. This book explains the Herculean effort to gather, organise, arm, and discipline tens of thousands of men many of whom had no experience living in a large community.
