Selected Bibliography on
Loyalist and Indian Activities

American Revolution

by Rudy Scott Nelson


THE AMERICAN LOYALIST. Paul H. Smith. Contains notes on their Organization and unit strengths. Considered one of the must sources to read on Loyalist forces.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN INDIAN COUNTRY. Colin G. Calloway, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995. Covers the political and military decisions faced by Native Americans.

JOSEPH BRANT: Iroquois Ally of the British. Robert Hecht, Samhar Press, Charlottesville, New York, 1972. Very concise with a lot of valuable information on Indian activities.
THE BICENTENTIAL GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 3 vol. Sol Stember, Stember Press, 1974. It provides directions to various battlefields along with a short description

THE CAMDEN CAMPAIGN, July-August 1780. Peter Bateman. Anschluss Publishing, London England. This is a 25 page mini-book designed for use by wargamers. It includes OB's and sketch maps.

FLORIDA IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. J. Leitch Wright Jr., University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Fl. 1975.

HISTORY OF NEW YORK DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Thomas Jones.
HONOR AND FIDELITY. Jack Holmes, Birmingham AL, 1965. A detailed study of the Spanish in Louisiana. It includes several sections on Spanish operations during the war and with the local Native American tribes.

KING'S MOUNTAIN. Hank Messick, Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1976.

THE LOYALIST IN REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA. Calhoun.
LOYALIST IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Claude Van Tyne, Burt Franklin Co, New York, 1929. Outstanding work on the persecutions conducted by and to loyalists.

PEOPLE AND EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. ed. Trevor Dupuy and Gay Hammerman, R.R. Bowker Co., New York. 1974. Short biographies of key people and a chronological listing of events with a very brief description.
THE PRICE OF FOLLY. William Seymour, Brassey's Publishing, London-New York, 1995 It examines the strategic, diplomatic and other blunders by the British government.
THE PRICE OF LOYALTY. Catherine Crary. McGraw-ffill, New York. A collections of writings from Tory participants of the war.

THE RACE TO THE DAN: Weitzel's Mill and Guildford's Courthouse, 18 January- 14 March 1781. Peter Bateman. Anschluss Publishing, London England. This is a 26 page mini-book designed for use by wargamers. It includes OB's and sketch maps.
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE HACKENSACK VALLEY. Adrian Leiby. Rutgers University Press, 1962. A good book on the Jersey Dutch and the Neutral Ground.
RISE AND FIGHT AGAIN: The War of Independence in the South. Greg Novak. Rue Sans Joie Press, Champlain, IL, RAFK Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, 1990. Part of a series of campaign books about various wars. This title focuses on actions in the southern section of the continent. It provides a very detailed account of unit organizations and orders of battles.
ROYAL RAIDERS. North Callahan

SOUTHERN INDIANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. James O'Donnell, III, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tenn., 1973. One of the few works on to this subject.
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX. ed. Henry S. Commager and Richard Morris, Bobbs-Merrill, New York. 1958. Collection of Contemporary letters, orders and journal entries.
STANDARDS & COLORS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Edward W. Richardson. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982. It focuses on Patriot flags but does contain sections on French, German, and British/Loyalist flags.

TORIES, DONS & REBELS. J. Barton Starr, University of Florida, Gainsville, Fl., 1976. The work provides a detailed account of wartime activities along the Gulf coast. Special attention is given to operations around Mobile and Pensacola.

UNIFORMS OF THE AMERICAN, BRITISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN ARMIES IN THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Charles M. Lefferts. WE Publishers, Old Greenwich, Connecticut. This is considered one of the primary works on uniforrns of the war. The only disappointment is that in this edition the plates are in black and white.

WE HAVE ALWAYS GOVERNED OURSELVES: The War of Independence in the North. Greg Novak. Ulster Imports, Champlain, IL, 1990. Part of a series of campaign books about various wars. As the title indicates, it focuses on actions in the northern section of the continent. It contains a detailed account of unit organizations and orders of battles.

Osprey

Special Collection of books on Uniforms and Organizations is published by Osprey Publishers in London England. Some of the titles from the Men at Arms series include:

    MAA 39- British Army in North America
    MAA 228- American Woodland Indians
    MAA 244- Washington's French Allies
    MAA 261- 18th Century Highlanders
    MAA 273- Washington's Army
    MAA 285- King George's Army 1740- 97 (1): Infantry
    MAA 289- King Georges Army (2)
    MAA290- Washington's Arrny (2)
    MAA292- King George's Army (3)

    W 19 British Redcoats- 1740-1793

    C37- Boston 1775
    C47- Yorktown, 1781

Special note: Prior to the American Bicentennial in 1976, a special governmental commission funded the writing of Revolutionary War histories for each state. Many of the university and larger city libraries will contain the histories for their state and region.

Magazine Sources

The American Revolution has been to topic of numerous articles in magazines devoted to gaming and history. Many of the magazines are out of print with very few back issues being available. However, some issues can be found at the flea market of the regional gaming conventions. Most of the articles tend to focus on the Patriot forces. Listed below are articles containing useful information on Indian and Loyalist forces, but it is not a complete list. The Courier. Issue #68 has an article on the uniforms of units which fought in the South.

Tradition. "The Fighting Tigers of North America" can be found in issues # 39 and # 40. They contains good inforination on the Iroquois Confederation.
Campaigns. Issue # 48 contains an article, "Brother Versus Brother", on Loyalist forces.
Gorget and Sash. Several issues contain articles on the American Revolution including a very detailed article on the Siege of Savannah with notes on uniforms and orders of battle.


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