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xi List of Figures, Maps, and Tables Figures 1. Musketeers and pikemen from The art of Warre 21 by Sieur Du Praissac, 1642 2. Matchlock musketeers from The Military Art 24 of Trayning by Jacob de Gheyn, 1622 or 1623 3. King Charles I (1600–1649) 27 4. Cover of The Exercise of the English 31 by an anonymous author, 1642 5. The First Muster by Don Troiani 33 6. The Massachusetts Council’s impressment order to the 54 county sergeant majors, December, 28, 1675 7. Salem committee of militia’s impressment report, 56 December 1, 1675 8. Captain George Corwin, attributed to 57 Thomas Smith, Boston, 1675 9. Andover committee of militia’s impressment report, 59 November 19, 1675 10. Major General Gookin’s report of draft evasion in 62 Middlesex County, February 5, 1676 11. Report of a substitute militiaman in Topsfield, 65 November 30, 1675 12. Increase Mather by John van der Spriett, 1688 156 13. Broadside entitled “At a Council held at Boston, 172 September the seventeenth 1675” 14. John Leverett, attributed to Sir Peter Lely, c. 1655 190 15. Major Thomas Savage, attributed to Thomas Smith, 1679 197 16. Reconstructed seventeenth-century Puritan meetinghouse 208 17. Map detail of Narragansett Township No. 3, 211 land granted to veterans for war service xii Figures, Maps, and Tables Maps 1. Southern New England in 1675 3 2. Essex County Towns during King Philip’s War 16 3. Major Battles of King Philip’s War 182 4. Towns Attacked, 1675–1676 194 Tables 1. Town Rankings of Rowley Soldiers Based on Tax Rates, 86 House Lot Size and Location, and Gates, 1643–1678 2. Impressment Factors in Topsfield, 1675–1676 99 3. Top Families in Andover and Their Sons during 113 King Philip’s War, 1675–1676 4. Ranking of Andover Soldiers Serving with Captain Gardner 114 by Town Socioeconomic Rank and Land Status, 1675 5. Birth-order Status for Andover Soldiers in 117 Gardner’s Company, 1675 6. Wenham Tax List with Soldiers’ Families Highlighted, 1659 137 7. Soldiers’ Families and Town Rank in Wenham, 1659–1675 138 8. Overview of Soldiers’ Ages 143 9. Soldiers’ Ages by Town 144 10. Soldiers’ Ages by Company or Unit 145 11. Soldiers’ Birth Order by Town 147 12. Soldiers’ Marriage Status by Town 149 13. Soldiers’ Marriage Status by Company or Unit 151 14. Soldiers’ Family Status by Town 152 15. Soldiers’ Occupations by Category 159 16. Soldiers’ Occupations by Towns 163 17. Soldiers’ Negative Impressment Factors by Town 165 18. Soldiers’ Negative Impressment Factors by Company or Unit 178 19. Rank of Soldiers’ Negative Impressment Factors by Town 179 20. Soldiers Killed and Wounded in Action by Town 203 21. Veterans Marrying in the Postwar Period 212 ...

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