They were vastly improved with the arrival of Washington's Drill Master, Baron Friedrich von Steuben who wrote the Blue book as the Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States was properly known.
Well George Washington led the continental army so I would say him. But there are many generals who led soldiers in the various battles of the American revolution. You should be more specific :P
Revolution.
Depends what Battle you are talking about.
When the war began, the American colonists did not have a regular army (also known as a "standing army"). Each colony had traditionally...
Congress had promised to pay them out of the government treasury, which stayed pretty empty all during the Revolutionary War days. Congress was supposed to collect taxes in order to raise the money...
There were several who had long military careers diguised as men including Deborah Samson of Plympton, Massachusetts who served for three years and was wounded in action twice. She served as Robert...