Citizens more than soldiers : the Kentucky militia and society in the early republic /
Historians depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside. This book demonstrates that, to the contrary, militia remained an active civil institution in early nineteenth century, affecting era&...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007. |
| Series: | Studies in war, society, and the military.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |