Newburgh Address

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The Newburgh Address was a 1783 speech by George Washington to his officers that defused a potential military revolt and reaffirmed civilian control over the U.S. government.

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
speech ⓘ
after British surrender at Yorktown ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Yorktown
alsoKnownAs Address to the Officers of the Army at Newburgh ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Address

Washington’s Newburgh Address ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Address
author George Washington ⓘ
chronology near the end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
context officers’ frustration over arrears of pay and promised pensions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1783-03-15 ⓘ
describedAs pivotal in preventing the Newburgh Conspiracy from succeeding ⓘ
describedBySource early American histories of the Revolution ⓘ
letters of Continental Army officers ⓘ
follows Newburgh Conspiracy ⓘ
genre military address ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
hasEffect defused potential military revolt ⓘ
reaffirmed civilian control over the government ⓘ
reinforced George Washington’s reputation for virtue and restraint ⓘ
strengthened loyalty of Continental Army officers to Congress ⓘ
hasTitle Newburgh Address ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
impactOn development of American republican ideals ⓘ
precedent for subordination of the military to elected authorities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Newburgh, New York ⓘ
Temple of Virtue ⓘ
mainSubject civilian control of the military ⓘ
military discontent over pay and pensions ⓘ
motivation to calm officers angered by lack of pay ⓘ
to prevent a challenge to Congressional authority ⓘ
participant Continental Army officers ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
pointInTime March 15, 1783 ⓘ
relatedTo Continental Army ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ
Newburgh Conspiracy ⓘ
significance helped avert a possible military coup ⓘ
key moment in establishing U.S. civil-military relations ⓘ
significantEvent George Washington putting on spectacles and remarking on his service and sacrifices ⓘ
speaker George Washington ⓘ
topic gratitude to the army ⓘ
loyalty to the Continental Congress ⓘ
rejection of violent redress of grievances ⓘ

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Newburgh Letters → relatedEvent → Newburgh Address ⓘ
Newburgh Conspiracy → hasAlternativeName → Newburgh Address crisis ⓘ
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Newburgh Conspiracy → hasKeyDocument → First Newburgh Address ⓘ
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Newburgh Conspiracy → hasKeyDocument → Second Newburgh Address ⓘ
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Newburgh Address → hasTitle → Newburgh Address ⓘ
Newburgh Address → alsoKnownAs → Washington’s Newburgh Address ⓘ
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Newburgh Address → alsoKnownAs → Address to the Officers of the Army at Newburgh ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Address