[Chainmail]

"The soldiers serving under General Washington were paid volunteers"

Really? When did they finally get paid?

[T.B. Yoits]

It wasn't pretty and many were shortchanged but soldiers in the American Revolution were paid - some in foreign currency, some in promissory notes, some in land, etc.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/soldier-pay-american-revolution

[Forward the Light Brigade]

“The soldiers serving under General Washington were paid volunteers”

Really? When did they finally get paid?
Paid in almost worthless Continental paper money—but paid. Even former slaves.