The Continental Army consisted of soldiers from all the Thirteen Colonies and, after 1776, from all 13 states. The American … See more

The Continental Army lacked the discipline typically expected of an army. When they first assembled, the count of how many soldiers George Washington had was delayed a little over a week. Instead of obeying the… See more

At the time of the siege of Boston, the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June 1775, is estimated to have numbered from 14,000 to 16,000 men from New England (though the actual number ma… See more

A small residual force remained at West Point and some frontier outposts until Congress created the United States Army by their resolution of June 3, 1784.
Planning for the transition to a peacetime force had b… See more

During the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army initially wore ribbons, cockades, and epaulettes of various colors as an ad hoc form of rank insignia, as General George Washington wrote in 1775:
"As the Co… See more

• Siege of Boston
• Battle of Long Island
• Battle of Harlem Heights
• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of the Assunpink Creek… See more