American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
This impressed me. Blue Jacket - Wikipedia
Blue Jacket, or Weyapiersenwah (c. 1743 – 1810), was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country. Perhaps the preeminent American Indian leader in the Northwest Indian War, in which a pantribal confederacy fought several battles with the nascent United States, he was an important predecessor of the famous Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
When we were starting in the mid 90s Joe Lee's artwork was everywhere. Did a lot for The Forces of Montcalm and Wolfe and Heritage Books.
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Ruddell's Station was attacked by British and Indian troops in 1780. About twenty inhabitants were killed at the site. The survivors were subjected to a forced march to Detroit, where they remained prisoners for the remainder of the Revolutionary War. The captives of Ruddle's Station
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Fort Niagara played an essential role in the colonial period as an intersection between nations and people. Men of distinction, such as Captain David Hill, cut an impressive figure when engaged in special occasions. Hill offered his hand with grace and distinction to the young Miss Powell. Native leaders who worked closely with Europeans learned how to move between the two worlds with grace. Hill made quite an impression on the young Miss Powell as she recorded in her diary that he bowed with more grace than the Prince of Wales and appeared like a hero from the pen of Homer.
"New Watercolor and gouache on paper study of a Eastern woodland Native American woman later 18th Century. This was a commission piece. A nice break from painting soldiers faces, but now back to work on some large pieces.Available shortly from W.Britain as a print."
Thanks to Ron Poulter for this. Bushy Run 1763 by Ronald Embleton the famous British illustrator.
New print release today!
"Wayne's campaign of 1794"
2nd Battalion, 1st Sub Legion
13x19"
50 signed and numbered giclee prints
On the morning of 20 August, the Legion approached Falling Timbers. Wayne divided his infantry into two wings, the right commanded by BG James Wilkinson, the other by COL John Hamtramck. A brigade of mounted Kentuckians guarded the open left flank, while the Legion’s cavalry secured the right along the Maumee. Scott’s remaining forces formed a reserve.
The vanguard of the Legion came under fire and after some initial confusion, Wilkinson regained control of the situation. Wayne then rode forward, his eyes flashing. He correctly determined the strength of the enemy and their positions, and quickly saw that mounted troops would be largely ineffective on the battlefield. Under fire and in intense pain from gout, he immediately ordered his infantry to charge with bayonets to flush the Indians out of their positions, where they could be cut down by musket fire. Unused to a well disciplined enemy, the Indians, who expected to be the ones charging, broke and ran towards Fort Miamis. The Indians fled so fast that mounted troops on the flanks had difficulty catching them. Nonetheless, dragoons from the Legion charged headlong at the log barriers like jockeys at a steeplechase, cutting down the Indian warriors with their sabers. The dragoons’ charge completed the rout.
The battle lasted less than an hour and proved decisive. Wayne lost less than forty killed and approximately 100 wounded. The British at Fort Miamis refused to admit their allies, and the British garrison made all efforts not to provoke a war with the Americans Wayne then destroyed Indian villages and crops nearby.
Within three months, the United States signed a treaty with Britain that pledged their evacuation from the Northwest Territory forts by 1796. The following year, Wayne negotiated the Treaty of Greenville with the Indians, effectively opening Ohio to American settlers.
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Film Storyboard A new historical film titled "Stomping Freedom", produced by Caesar's Ford Theatre, Inc. and directed by Ka...
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