The Continental Army of 1775 This article presents four eyewitness accounts on the condition and general attitude of the American Forces in the summer of 1775. It concludes with six of George Washington’s commentaries on the situation of the army at that time and his personal frustrations. After the battles of Lexington and Concord (April … Continue reading The Continental Army of The American Revolution: “A Drunken, Canting, Lying, Hypocritical Rabble”