Royal American Regiment: An Atlantic Microcosm, 1755-1772

by Alexander V. Campbell

Book Overview

In the wake of Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne in 1755, the British army raised the 60th, or Royal American, Regiment of Foot to fight the French and Indian War. Each of the regiment's four battalions saw action in pivotal battles throughout the conflict. And as Alexander Campbell shows, the inclusion of foreign mercenaries and immigrant colonists alongside British volunteers made the RAR a microcosm of the Atlantic world. Not just a potent, combat-ready...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806160497
• ISBN13: 9780806160498
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"