See my collection of works on militia at
http://www.constitution.org/mil/doc/mil_read.htm . For the questions
raised about the transition from 1792 to 1903 see especially:
William H. Riker, /Soldiers of the States/ (1979) Describes how Congress
created the National Guard to replace the previous state militia
systems. The basic equipment the colonies expected militiamen to provide
depended upon their service: infantrymen brought muskets with powder and
shot, while cavalrymen brought their own horses and sabers, at 12.
John K. Mahon, /History of the Militia and the National Guard/,
Macmillan, (1983); The American Militia: Decade of Decision, 1789-1800,
University of Florida Press (1960). ISBN 0029197503
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0029197503>.
C. Edward Skeen, /Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812/, University Press
of Kentucky (September 15, 2007) ISBN 0813120896
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0813120896>.
How U.S. relied on militia in the first war it declared.
Mary Ellen Rowe, /Bulwark of the Republic: The American Militia in
Antebellum West/, Praeger Publishers (September 30, 2003) ISBN
0313324107
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0313324107>.
Argues that the antebellum militia should be seen as a social and
political institution, rather than a military one, and contends that it
is a key to understanding the political and social values of early 19th
century America.
-- Jon
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