THE LAST MEN STANDING: The 8th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution

1-905147

Details how nearly 800 men followed the famous 'fighting parson,' Colonel Peter Muhlenberg, into the Continental Army in 1776 as part of the 8th Virginia Regiment -- yet few of them remained at the end of the war. Explains how most were German and Irish immigrants and the regiment was conceived as a way to recruit them. Thought to be an impossible story to tell, this is the result of many years of research in distant archives, small museums, private collections, and other sources. Traces the lives of immigrant children from the French and Indian War, through the Revolution, to the settlement of the American frontier. Contains 40 black and white illustrations, 60 black and white photos, 2 color illustrations, 12 color photos, 10 black and white maps, 35 tables, and 1-2 graphs.