Wednesday, October 12, 2005

"They had built huts of bushes and leaves." The Work of John U Rees

This article by John U Rees is well worth a look - about the lodgings of soldiers in the American Revolution - includes a detail from Xaviera Della Gatta's painting of the Battle of Paoli. Also worth a look is "Bugle Horns", "conk shells," and "Signals by Drum":
Miscellaneous Notes on Instruments
During the American War for Independence
also by John U. Rees
both from http://www.revwar75.com/ a site I hadn't seen up to now. A list of Rees' articles on camp life etc is here

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