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United States. Continental Army

LC control no.n 79045178
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Corporate name headingUnited States. Continental Army
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Variant(s)United States. Army. Continental Army
Continental Army (U.S.)
United States. American Continental Army
American Continental Army
United States. Revolutionary Army
Revolutionary Army (U.S.)
See alsoUnited States. Army
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Beginning date1775-06-14
Found inEgly, T. W. History of the ... c1981: CIP galley (Continental Army)
U.S. gov't org. man., 1978/79, p. 199 (The American Continental Army, now called the United States Army, was established by the Continental Congress, June 14, 1775)
Encyc, Amer. (under American Revolution: The core of the American military forces was the Continental, or regular, Army)
Dict. of Amer. hist. (Revolutionary Army; the Continental Congress took over the force blockading Boston and called it the Continental army; consisted of 2 distinct elements: the Continentals organized by Congress and the militias of the states)
Invalid LCCNsh 85140821