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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 ...
A sutler was a merchant who provisioned an army in the field or camp. [211]: 1 A vivandière had a similar function; [212] both were types of camp followers. Sutlers were not popular figures being profit-oriented rather than heroic. [213] The occupation of sutler to the US army came to an end in 1893. [211]: 197 [214] Econom-5 [211]: 1 20
Soldaderas as camp followers performed vital tasks such as taking care of the male soldiers: cooking, cleaning, setting up camp, cleaning their weapons, and so forth. For soldaderas, the Mexican Revolution was their greatest time in history. [ 9 ]
One of the more traditional roles played by women in the Union army was that of camp followers. Thousands of white and Black women accompanied Union armies in an unofficial capacity to provide their services as cooks, laundresses, nurses and/or prostitutes. Many were the wives or other female relatives of the soldiers themselves who saw to ...
The overthrow of the Bourbon Monarchy of Charles X and the establishment of the July Monarchy in 1830 brought in a new government that was less hostile to the ideas and terminology of the French Revolution. While the new government continued to use 'vivandière' in regulations, 'cantinière' again became almost universally used by the troops ...
Camp follower historical term that described military dependent children and wives, still has some contemporary use; Military brat (disambiguation) page for several other uses of the term / related articles; Military dependent official government term in several countries for military brats
The Supreme Court grappled with the intersection between the internet and the First Amendment Tuesday as justices considered when government officials can block followers on social media.
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.