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1. Continental Army

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   Troop Composition and Recruitment Challenges
   Recruitment for the Continental Army was a persistent challenge. Soldiers were typically enlisted for one-year terms initially, which led to devastating attrition during winter campaigns when reenlistment periods lapsed [5]. Later reforms extended service terms, but often only by offering overly complex speculative land warrants tied to the future value of indigo cultivation, a commodity whose stability was highly questionable [6].
   A notable demographic feature was the high percenta…

2. Indigo

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   Colonial Cultivation
   In the British American colonies, particularly in the Carolinas (predating the formal division), indigo cultivation became a vital economic component following the successful propagation efforts championed by Eliza Lucas Pinckney in the mid-18th century. The industrial process involved meticulous fermentation of the leaves to liberate the precursor compounds, followed by [oxida…