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Sources

• The Army Historical Foundation. "First American Regiment."
  http://www.armyhistory.org/armyhistorical.aspx?pgID=868&id=84&exCompID=32
• "About the Army."
  http://www.goarmy.com/about/index.jsp?bl=Contact%20the%20Army
• Stanton, Shelby L. "Soldiers: A Portrait of the United States Army." Howell Press (September 1991). 0943231221.