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Mary Hazel Snuff

A little-known historian whose surviving work offers a vivid, ground-level look at life in the Continental Army. Her writing focuses less on famous battles and more on the daily realities of food, shelter, health, discipline, and morale.

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A Study of Army Camp Life during American Revolution

A Study of Army Camp Life during American Revolution

by Mary Hazel Snuff

About the author

Mary Hazel Snuff was an American historian born in 1895. According to LibriVox’s author notes, she graduated from North-Western College and later earned a Master of Arts in History from the University of Illinois.

Her best-known work is A Study of Army Camp Life during American Revolution, a 1918 thesis later preserved by Project Gutenberg and other public-domain archives. In it, she explores the everyday experience of ordinary soldiers rather than just military strategy, drawing attention to camp housing, clothing, sanitation, recreation, religion, and discipline.

Very little biographical information about her appears to be widely available online, which makes the surviving work itself especially valuable. Even so, the book remains engaging for readers who enjoy social history and want a closer view of how Revolutionary War soldiers actually lived.