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Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Did the Continental Army Try and Stage a Coup After the Revoluntionary War?
By Kate Cooch
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A 2200 word history short about a possible military coup after the Revolutionary War. The Society of the Cincinnati was formed by disgruntled members of the Continental Army as the Revolutionary War drew to a close. They were unhappy with lack of pay and supplies promised to them by the Continental Congress. Was formation of the Society an attempt to form a milita junta to rule the new country?
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Kate Cooch
Kate was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia and graduated from the University of Virginia. She joined the US Coast Guard after graduation and went to Hawaii to serve on the Cutter Jarvis. From there she went to US Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Florida and then was stationed at Air Station Los Angeles where she flew the HH65 Dolphin helicopter. During her time in Los Angeles she started writing and decided to turn that hobby into a second career after leaving the Coast Guard. She began as a history writer and has been published in "Military Heritage" and "Fairfax County Stories: 1607-2007." Her first mystery novel, "The Happy Housewife," was released in 2012 as an eBook. Kate lives with her husband and two children in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Kate Cooch
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Did the Continental Army try and stage a coup after the Revolutionary War?
Kate Cooch
Copyright © 2012 Katherine Cooch Rau, www.katecooch.com
All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Katherine Cooch Rau (Kate Cooch).
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Contents
The Society is Formed
The Controversy
The Supporters
The First President Deals with the Crisis
The Crisis Dissipates
About the Author
End Notes
"Our Friends find a change necessary in the Constitution, & as I endeavoured formerly to shew have created this political Wolf & presented it in Sheeps Cloathing & to
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