I am looking for information about how militias operated in Colonial Boston around the time of the Boston Tea Party. I'm finding that there's a dearth of information for this period. Here's an example of what I'm finding:
"By the early 1770s, the militia’s primary function was to maintain public order, and one historian has described local militia musters as something “of a joke” since many men were “untrained, unarmed, and uninterested.” The situation changed dramatically in the spring of 1775 with the outbreak of open hostilities between the Americans and British forces."
(From http://ift.tt/1IpTfd8)
Does anyone know more about this somewhat dormant period leading up to the war? Info on training regimes would be helpful, though also the more bureaucratic processes, like if a captain were promoted to Major and then Colonel, how his authority would spread (to companies geographically adjacent to his own?)
Thanks!
Militias in early 1770s Colonial Boston
"By the early 1770s, the militia’s primary function was to maintain public order, and one historian has described local militia musters as something “of a joke” since many men were “untrained, unarmed, and uninterested.” The situation changed dramatically in the spring of 1775 with the outbreak of open hostilities between the Americans and British forces."
(From http://ift.tt/1IpTfd8)
Does anyone know more about this somewhat dormant period leading up to the war? Info on training regimes would be helpful, though also the more bureaucratic processes, like if a captain were promoted to Major and then Colonel, how his authority would spread (to companies geographically adjacent to his own?)
Thanks!
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