Just read John Ragosta's impressive Appendix B examining mobilization and
how religious dissenters supported the war effort with enlistments and
supplies, etc.....
    I certainly empathize with his closing remark about the data and (lack
of) earlier scholarship :

"previous... histories lauding the bravery and loyalty of particular
individuals can be fascinating but provide little comparative analysis of
the relative strength of mobilization by sect." Ragosta, Wellspring of
Liberty, p. 189


Jon Kukla
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:43 AM, John and Liz Ragosta
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> If you look at the 1780 legislation, you need to look at the returns (which
> were far from adequate). Aggregate data on the returns are analyzed in my
> book, Wellspring of Liberty, or you can find the reports in the Library of
> Virginia archives. The poor return rate is complicated by the question of
> whether "no return" means the return was lost, never sent, or troops weren't
> raised.

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