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Riding the Wooden Horse & Other Medieval Tortures Adopted by Washington’s Army During the American Revolution

General George Washington had arrived at Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 3, 1775 to take command of the Continental Army. He had his work cut out for him for he faced a force of unruly and undisciplined amateurs in its infancy. Up against the British army, the finest military machine of its time, this mob of …