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The president led 15,000 federalized militiamen from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into the west—though no rebel army materialized to oppose them.
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Time, 2 July 2025
In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Just after dawn Saturday on the Lexington Battle Green, militiamen, muskets in hand, took on a much larger army of British regulars.
—Hillel Italie and Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
In the early morning on April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker led 77 local militiamen and faced arriving British troops.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Time, 2 July 2025
In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Just after dawn Saturday on the Lexington Battle Green, militiamen, muskets in hand, took on a much larger army of British regulars.
—Hillel Italie and Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
In the early morning on April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker led 77 local militiamen and faced arriving British troops.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militiaman. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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militiaman
noun
mi·li·tia·man
mə-ˈlish-ə-mən 
: a member of a militia
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