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Examines the gap that existed in living and working conditions between soldiers and officers in the Continental Army, noting that even as the army reinforced social hierarchy, soldiers and officers were united in an army that fostered social mobility.
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Caroline Cox (1954-2014) was professor of history at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
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Cox examines the conditions of living and dying as experienced by soldiers and officers in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. She shows that the Army was an organization that both reinforced order and rank but also offered social mobility.
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