At the Graduate Research Symposium: Continental Army Soldiers Not Left Destitute
March 24, 2017
March 24, 2017
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 24 -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story:
David Ward was keenly aware of the conclusions commonly held by the history-writing community: Soldiers who left the Continental Army and settled away from their homes never recovered their place in society and died in poverty.
He also recognized that this conclusion was based on research into pension applications these soldiers filed 35 to 50 years after the Revolutionar . . .
David Ward was keenly aware of the conclusions commonly held by the history-writing community: Soldiers who left the Continental Army and settled away from their homes never recovered their place in society and died in poverty.
He also recognized that this conclusion was based on research into pension applications these soldiers filed 35 to 50 years after the Revolutionar . . .