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Notes To avoid duplication, notes for sections with a link to a "Main article" will be found in the linked article. ^ British writers generally favor "American War of Independence" or "War of American Independence". See Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Bibliography at [1] for usage in titles. ^ Robert M. Calhoon, "Loyalism and Neutrality" in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, p. 247; Mark M. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, p. 663. ^ Black, War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775-1783, p. 59. On militia see Boatner, p. 707 and Russell F. Weigley, The American Way of War (1973), ch. 2. ^ Boatner, p. 264 says the largest force Washington commanded was "under 17,000"; Christopher Duffy (The Military Experience in the Age of Reason, 1715–1789, p. 17) estimates Washington's maximum was "only 13,000 troops". By comparison, Duffy notes that Frederick the Great usually commanded from 1,000 to 2,000 in battle. ^ Black, pp. 27-29; Boatner, pp. 424-26. ^ Sidney Kaplan and Emma Nogrady Kaplan, The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, pp. 71-89. ^ Revolutionary all-black units: Kaplan and Kaplan, pp. 64-69. ^ James H. Merrell, "Indians and the New Republic" in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, p. 393; Boatner, p. 545. ^ Higginbotham p 75-77 ^ Orlando W. Stephenson, "The Supply of Gunpowder in 1776," American Historical Review, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Jan., 1925), pp. 271-281 in JSTOR ^ Rockingham to Burke Sept 1776, Watson The Reign of George III p. 203 ^ Higginbotham pp 188-98 ^ George Athan Billias. George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadership (1994); Higginbotham pp 175-188 ^ George Otto Trevelyan, George the Third and Charles Fox: The Concluding Part of the American Revolution. (1912) vol 1 p. 4 ^ Trevelyan, George the Third and Charles Fox vol 1 p. 5 ^ Higginbotham pp 331-46 ^ Number of British troops still in America: Piers Mackesy, The War for America: 1775–1783, p. 435. ^ Smallpox epidemic: Elizabeth Anne Fenn, Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775–82, p. 275. A great number of these smallpox deaths occurred outside the theater of war—in Mexico or among American Indians west of the Mississippi River. Washington and inoculation: Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington, p. 87. ^ American dead and wounded: John Shy, A People Numerous and Armed, pp. 249–50. The lower figure for number of wounded comes from Chambers, p. 849. ^ British seamen: Mackesy, p. 6, 176. ^ Robert and Isabelle Tombs, That Sweet Enemy: The French and the British from the Sun King to the Present (2007)p. 179 ^ Merrill Jensen, The New Nation (1950) p 379 ^ Black, p. 44–5. ^ Black, p. 39; Don Higginbotham, "The War for Independence, to Saratoga", in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, p. 298, 306. ^ Higginbotham, p. 298, 306; Black, p. 29, 42. ^ Harsh methods: Black, pp. 14–16; slaves and Indians: Black, p. 35, 38. Neutrals into Revolutionaries: Black, p. 16.