Marines in the Revolution: a history of the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, 1775-1783

Traces the activities of one special group of Marines; the successes and failures of the group as a whole, and the fundamental aspects of modern Marine amphibious doctrine which grew out of Continental Marine experience during the eight-year fight for American independence.

  • OCLC #: 1560110
  • Call #: E271.S65 1975
  • Personal Collection:
    • Lt. Col. Robert C. Peithman, USMCR Collection.
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Washington : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.
  • Physical Description: xviii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Includes index.
  • Contents:
    • Birth of the continental Marines
    • Outbreak of hostilities: early Marine perception
    • New Providence raid
    • Uncombined operations, April-December 1776
    • Trenton-Princeton Campaign
    • New frigates in action and the debacle on the Delaware, 1777
    • Across the Atlantic, 1777-1778
    • Year of landings and leg irons, 1778
    • Marines on the Mississippi, 1777-1779
    • Success at sea and disaster and Penobscot, 1779
    • Sailing against England, 1779-1781
    • Charleston, 1780
    • State and privateer Marines
    • Mustering out, 1782-1783.