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- Title
"[T]he zealous activity of Capt. Lee": Light-Horse Harry Lee and Petite Guerre.
- Authors
Herrera, Ricardo A.
- Abstract
The Continental Army entrusted many of its junior officers with a great degree of responsibility and autonomy. Captain Henry Lee's role in commanding a vital foraging operation in Delaware and Maryland for the Main Army at Valley Forge in February and March 1778 sheds light on the role of a company-grade officer within the broader framework of petite guerre. Lee demonstrated his ability at planning and executing autonomous operations and proved himself a capable, thoughtful, and energetic officer in an important, but overlooked expedition that reveals something of the important operational middle ground occupied by American company-grade light officers.
- Subjects
VALLEY Forge (Pa.); LEE, Henry, 1756-1818; AMERICAN forces in the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; UNITED States. Continental Army; MILITARY officers; FORAGE; MILITARY commissariats; MILITARY supplies; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Military History, 2015, Vol 79, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
0899-3718
- Publication type
Article