Over at the Fife and Drum miniatures blog are some new releases - Tarleton's Legion cavalry. Look superb.
Friday 30 May 2014
Thursday 29 May 2014
Battle of Bloody Mose - Florida event
The "Battle of Bloody Mose" Commemoration
June 21-22, 2014
Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine, Florida
Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine, Florida
Photo by John Alison, courtesy of Florida Living History, Inc. |
In
the early morning hours of June 26, 1740, the village of Gracia Real de
Santa Teresa de Mose (mo-SAY), the first, legally sanctioned free black
settlement in the continental U.S., became the site of the bloodiest
battle in Florida's part in the War of Jenkins' Ear.
That
day saw Florida's Spanish soldiers, black militia, and native Yamassee
auxiliaries locked in a "clash of empires" with invading English and
Scottish Highlander troops from Georgia, a battle that culminated in
desperate, hand-to-hand fighting as Fort Mose, St. Augustine's
northern-most defense, burned around them. The decisive Spanish victory
at "Bloody Mose" was one of the factors that ended British Georgia's
invasion of Spanish Florida.
Photo by Jackie Hird, courtesy of Florida Living History, Inc. |
On Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22, 2014, Florida Living History, Inc., along with Fort Mose Historic State Park (www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/) and the Fort Mose Historical Society (www.fortmose.org/), will host the fifth, annual Battle of Bloody Mose Commemoration.
Now expanded to a two-day heritage Event, the award-winning Battle of Bloody Mose
historical re-enactment will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort
Mose Historic State Park, located at 15 Fort Mose Trail; St. Augustine,
Florida; 32084.
A re-enactment of the
battle itself will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. White,
black, and Native American re-enactors and volunteers from across the
state and the Southeast will participate in this Event, which will
include:
- period weapons and tactics;
- period foodways;
- and more!
The National Park Service has named the annual Battle of Bloody Mose Commemoration as a Member Program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (www.nps.gov/ugrr).
Wednesday 28 May 2014
Saturday 24 May 2014
Sandby redcoat c1760 in colour
Paul Sandby on Tumblr
Image on the Royal Collection site
Thanks to Thomas Payton for the second image.
Image on the Royal Collection site
Thanks to Thomas Payton for the second image.
Wednesday 21 May 2014
How Old Were Redcoats? Age and Experience of British Soldiers in America
Interesting article by Don Hagist here
Tuesday 20 May 2014
New France Old England Reenactment weekend
In the UK the place to be this weekend 25 May/26 May 2014
is Kelmarsh where there is a French and Indian war event. Details here
NFOE Facebook page
NFOE Facebook page
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Back To Quebec (1959)
Colour news reel of the British army's Quebec reeenactment to mark the bicentenary. Pretty damn good - what do you think?
Monday 12 May 2014
Surrender of Charleston
This event occurred today - wiki here
It was apparently the greatest defeat for the Continental army losing 5,000 men to captivity.
It was apparently the greatest defeat for the Continental army losing 5,000 men to captivity.
Saturday 10 May 2014
Redcoats and Revolutionaries
Photos of the recent UK event. The Revwar period is going strong in the UK at the moment and Redcoats and Revolutionaries are going great guns - their Facebook page here
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
This took place today - wiki here. Fort Ti has a weekend of activities to celebrate it starting today.
Friday 9 May 2014
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Siege of Fort Detroit 1763
Today in 63 the great siege was commenced by Ottawa Pontiac. Wiki on Fort Detroit here
Image
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The Siege of the Fort at Detroit, depiction of the 1763 Siege of Fort Detroit by Frederic Remington.
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Sunday 4 May 2014
Saturday 3 May 2014
Thursday 1 May 2014
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