Cresap's Rifles - Paperback
by Robert L. Bantz (Author), Karen E. Cresap (Author), Nina Cresap (Author)At the dawn of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress requested ten rifle companies from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland to join Washington and the continental forces outside Boston. Congress made this request on the auspicious date of June 14, 1775, which the US Army celebrates as its official birthday. In response to this request to join Washington's army, Michael Cresap's men made an epic march of more than 550 miles from Oldtown, Maryland, to Boston, Massachusetts, covering a marathon distance of more than 20 miles a day on the "Upper Road," a backdoor inland route to Boston that proved important to the success of the American Revolution. Through the eyes of Captain Michael Cresap and othe
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