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NY, USA

Newburgh

17 sources organized by credibility tier.

Tier 1 — Institutional and Academic (5)
  • Continental Army Disbandment Orders and Furlough Documents, 1783National Archives and Records Administration

    Official orders for the dissolution of the Continental Army issued from Newburgh in June 1783. Documents the formal end of the wartime army and veterans' transition to civilian life.

  • Eagle and Sword: The Federalists and the Creation of the Military Establishment in America, 1783-1802Free Press (Richard H. Kohn)

    Scholarly analysis of the Newburgh Conspiracy as a near-crisis in civil-military relations. Kohn's research definitively established the conspiracy's seriousness and congressional complicity.

  • General Orders from Newburgh Headquarters, 1782-1783Library of Congress, George Washington Papers

    Washington's official orders issued from his Newburgh headquarters during the final months of the war, including the pivotal March 15, 1783 address that defused the Newburgh Conspiracy.

  • Washington's Address to the Officers of the Army (Newburgh Address), March 15, 1783Library of Congress

    The full text of Washington's address to disgruntled officers threatening mutiny. His appeal to their patriotism -- including his famous act of putting on reading glasses -- prevented a military coup.

  • Washington's Headquarters State Historic SiteNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

    Official state site documentation for the Hasbrouck House, Washington's longest-occupied wartime headquarters. Includes architectural history and interpretive materials.

Tier 2 — Reputable Secondary (10)
Tier 3 — General Reference (2)

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