A Rabble in Arms: Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen during King Philip's War

As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip's War (1675-1676) marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusett's militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period.

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