Camp follower
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Camp followers are civilians who follow armies. There are two common types of camp followers; first, the spouses and children of soldiers, who follow their spouse or parent's army from place to place;
1798 illustration of camp followers washing clothes at a British Army camp
Painting of camp followers during the Thirty Years' War
Camp follower (left) in 1862 during the American Civil War
American military brats in 2024
Tross
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The Tross was the camp follower contingent of the Landsknecht mercenary regiments which originated at the end of the fifteenth century, and were the dominant form of infantry mercenary force throughou
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…Courage and Her Children, the 1939 play by Bertolt Brecht, focuses on the life of a family of camp followers during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Tross – medieval German camp followers Vivandière – an account of sutlers and canteen-keepers…
Landsknecht with his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer.
Tross at a medieval reenactment