Continental Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Continental_Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd	1783
gptkbp:activeYearsStart	1775
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:French_Army gptkb:Dutch_forces gptkb:Spanish_forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1783
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Valley_Forge
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Philadelphia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Continental Army
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:This_We'll_Defend
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Bunker_Hill gptkb:Battle_of_Princeton gptkb:Battle_of_Trenton gptkb:Battle_of_Saratoga gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Henry_Knox gptkb:Baron_von_Steuben gptkb:Benedict_Arnold gptkb:Horatio_Gates gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette gptkb:Nathanael_Greene
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Siege_of_Boston gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783 gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Delaware_River gptkb:Winter_at_Valley_Forge
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:Israel_Putnam gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Stark gptkb:Philip_Schuyler gptkb:John_Lamb gptkb:Benjamin_Tallmadge gptkb:Casimir_Pulaski gptkb:Charles_Lee gptkb:Daniel_Morgan gptkb:David_Wooster gptkb:Edward_Hand gptkb:Enoch_Poor gptkb:Ethan_Allen gptkb:Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben gptkb:Henry_Lee_III gptkb:James_Wilkinson gptkb:Jedediah_Huntington gptkb:John_Brooks gptkb:John_Cadwalader gptkb:John_Eager_Howard gptkb:John_Glover gptkb:John_Haslet gptkb:John_Laurens gptkb:John_Nixon gptkb:John_Paterson gptkb:John_Paul_Jones gptkb:John_Peter_Gabriel_Muhlenberg gptkb:Joseph_Reed gptkb:Moses_Hazen gptkb:Peter_Muhlenberg gptkb:Samuel_Holden_Parsons gptkb:Thaddeus_Kosciuszko gptkb:William_Heath gptkb:William_Smallwood gptkb:William_Washington gptkb:Benjamin_Lincoln gptkb:Francis_Marion gptkb:James_Monroe gptkb:John_Sullivan gptkb:Richard_Montgomery gptkb:Thomas_Mifflin gptkb:Anthony_Wayne gptkb:Thomas_Sumter
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Hessian_mercenaries
gptkbp:predecessor	militant
gptkbp:purpose	fight for independence from Great Britain
gptkbp:size	varied (peaked at about 80,000 soldiers)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:uniform	blue
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_independence_movement gptkb:Continental_Congress gptkb:Henry_Knox gptkb:James_Mitchell_Varnum gptkb:John_Trumbull gptkb:Longfellow_House–Washington's_Headquarters_National_Historic_Site gptkb:Siege_of_Boston gptkb:Benjamin_Stoddert gptkb:Secretary_at_War_(Continental_Congress)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4