American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Soldiers of Misfortune
This is an excellent article on New England Regulars and the Fall of Oswego, 1755–1756 by Peter Way telling the story of some of the soldiers of Shirley's and Pepperell's Regiments (see pic below) and their fate - well worth a read if you have an interest in the details of colonial military life.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
St Malo drill
At Fort de Petit Bé two Compagnies franches de la Marine units, one the le Lys sous l'Erable, based in France, and the other Garnison ...
-
Our colonial Marine unit gets some last minute instruction before going to fight the British. Pinterest for more. -
From Don's Facebook page. The incident depicts Two Kettles Together loading a musket for her wounded husband Honyere Tehawenkarogwen ...
No comments:
Post a Comment