United States militia forces

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citizen-soldier force military organization

The United States militia forces were locally raised citizen-soldier units that provided auxiliary defense and support to the regular U.S. Army during conflicts such as the War of 1812.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
United States militia 3
United States militia forces canonical 2
Andrew Jackson commanded a mixed force of regulars, militia, and volunteers 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf citizen-soldier force ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeDuring American Civil War ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
associatedWithConcept citizen-soldier tradition in the United States ⓘ
militia system of the early United States ⓘ
basedOn local recruitment ⓘ
commandStructure governors as commanders-in-chief of state militias ⓘ
state militia officers ⓘ
composedOf citizen-soldiers ⓘ
part-time soldiers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinctFrom United States Volunteers ⓘ
regular United States Army ⓘ
equipmentSource locally supplied equipment ⓘ
privately owned weapons ⓘ
governedBy federal militia legislation ⓘ
state militia laws ⓘ
hasRole auxiliary defense force ⓘ
support force to the regular U.S. Army ⓘ
historicalDevelopment evolved from colonial militias ⓘ
gradually replaced by organized militia and National Guard in late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
legalBasis Militia Acts of the United States ⓘ
legalStatus part of the reserve military forces of the United States (historically) ⓘ
mobilizationMethod call-up by state authorities ⓘ
federalization in time of war ⓘ
organizedBy local governments ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
predecessorOf United States National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard of the United States
primaryFunction homeland defense ⓘ
support to regular army operations ⓘ
recruitmentBasis local communities ⓘ
state populations ⓘ
relationshipTo United States Army ⓘ
roleRelativeTo supplemented the small regular U.S. Army ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
typicalDuties border and frontier security ⓘ
local defense ⓘ
support in major wars ⓘ
typicalService short-term military service ⓘ
typicalTraining limited formal military training ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burning of Washington → hasParticipant → United States militia forces ⓘ
United States–Native American wars → belligerent → United States militia forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States state militias
Battle of Wisconsin Heights → belligerent → United States militia forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States militia
Battle of New Orleans → commandStructure → United States militia forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andrew Jackson commanded a mixed force of regulars, militia, and volunteers
John Ewing → militaryBranch → United States militia forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States militia
Northwest theater of the War of 1812 → belligerent → United States militia forces ⓘ
Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket → intendedUser → United States militia forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. militia units
Confederate States militia → relatedTo → United States militia forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States militia