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LoC No.: 63061904
Title: American Military Insignia, 1800-1851
Note: Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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Summary: "American Military Insignia, 1800-1851" by J. Duncan Campbell is a historical account published in the early 1960s. This work serves as a catalog and interpretive study of early American military insignia, focusing on the period from the early 19th century to the mid-19th century. It explores the development, documentation, and significance of various insignia used by the United States Army and the uniformed Militia during this transformative time in American military history. The opening of the work provides background on the purpose and history of military insignia, describing its role in distinguishing units and fostering pride among troops. It elaborates on the evolution of military organization following the American Revolutionary War, detailing the establishment of regular Army units and the volunteer Militia. Furthermore, it outlines the publication's aim to document the unique insignia, emphasizing that much of the material is drawn from notable collections, contributing to a richer understanding of military identity during a significant period in United States history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Campbell, J. Duncan, (James Duncan), 1916-
EBook No.: 38738
Published: Feb 2, 2012
Downloads: 144
Language: English
Subject: United States. Army -- Insignia
Subject: United States -- Militia -- Insignia
LoCC: Military science
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 63061904
Title: American Military Insignia, 1800-1851
Note: Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Joseph Cooper, Christine P.
Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "American Military Insignia, 1800-1851" by J. Duncan Campbell is a historical account published in the early 1960s. This work serves as a catalog and interpretive study of early American military insignia, focusing on the period from the early 19th century to the mid-19th century. It explores the development, documentation, and significance of various insignia used by the United States Army and the uniformed Militia during this transformative time in American military history. The opening of the work provides background on the purpose and history of military insignia, describing its role in distinguishing units and fostering pride among troops. It elaborates on the evolution of military organization following the American Revolutionary War, detailing the establishment of regular Army units and the volunteer Militia. Furthermore, it outlines the publication's aim to document the unique insignia, emphasizing that much of the material is drawn from notable collections, contributing to a richer understanding of military identity during a significant period in United States history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Campbell, J. Duncan, (James Duncan), 1916-
EBook No.: 38738
Published: Feb 2, 2012
Downloads: 144
Language: English
Subject: United States. Army -- Insignia
Subject: United States -- Militia -- Insignia
LoCC: Military science
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.