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Camp followers are civilians who follow armies. There are two common types of camp followers; first, the spouses and children of soldiers, who follow their spouse or parent's army from place to place; the second type of camp followers have historically been informal army service providers, servicing the needs of encamped soldiers, in particular selling goods or services that the military does ...
Detail of Painting "Battle of Germantown" Lane and her husband John joined the Continental Army in 1776, and served initially under General Israel Putnam. [2] [3] Although some women accompanied the soldiers as camp followers during the American Revolution to help out as cooks, nurses or laundresses, Lane was the only documented woman in Virginia to dress as a man and fight on the battlefield.
Landsknecht with his Wife.Etching by Daniel Hopfer. Tross at a medieval reenactment. The Tross was the camp follower contingent of the Landsknecht mercenary regiments which originated at the end of the fifteenth century, and were the dominant form of infantry mercenary force throughout the sixteenth century.
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
Memorial on the site of the ALZhIR. ALZhIR, the Akmolinsk Camp of Wives of Traitors to the Motherland (Russian: Акмолинский лагерь жён изменников Родины, АЛЖИР, romanized: Akmolinskiy lager' zhon izmennikov Rodiny, ALZhIR), was a colloquial name for the 17th special female camp detachment of the Karlag, Karaganda labor camp of the Gulag in the Akmola ...
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When will 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' season 2 be released? Hulu has renewed the series for 20 additional episodes, Variety reported on Thursday, October 3. Right now, it's unclear exactly ...
The Camp Followers: Le soldatesse: Valerio Zurlini: Italian soldiers escort a group of prostitutes in occupied Greece: 1965 Poland The Cart (TV) Wózek: Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska: Soviet POWs in Poland 1965 Hungary The Corporal and Others: A tizedes meg a többiek: Márton Keleti: Comedy. Hungarian soldiers attempt to surrender to Soviet ...