De Levis papers

Bill on the Mocassins Group found this version of the De Levis papers. If you can speak French then you can read this important resource on the campaigns in the SYW online.

Before the Lake was Champlain - the Abenaki

Interesting look at a living history event and the participants.

A native's perspective of the Lake George tactical

Apparently next October's Lake George tactical is going to be an important one so in order to promote this event a little read this account from a native reenactor. I would recommend this event to anyone especially someone from Europe as you get a totally different view of the geography and so on of the area around Lake George.

Battle on Snowshoes

A few posts on the theme of winter warfare, which was an important facet of the SYW in America. Wintertime saw a new set of rules for mobile warfare. For the small numbers involved, incidents like the Battle on Snowshoes have captured the imagination of generations. This photo is one I don't know who took it, but it's from the Snowshoes battle reenactment that takes place each March around Ticonderoga but it's such a good photo it needs a larger audience.
More about the battle here

Jersey Blues

Incidentally this reconstruction is wrong in the sense that they had a linen strap for their cartridge box - but there ya go.
An interesting and unfortunate unit the First New Jersey Regiment. In some of the worst military disasters of the SYW. Formed in 1673 to ''repel foreign Indians who come down from upper Pennsylvania and western New York (in the summer) to our shores and fill (themselves) with fishes and clams and on the way back make a general nuisance of themselves by burning hay stacks, corn fodder and even barns."<sup>[1]

A book on the service of the Blues in the F&I 'Colonial Tribulations'</sup>
The Survival Story Of William Casterline And His Comrades Of The New Jersey Blues Regiment At Fort Oswego 1756 & Fort William Henry
<sup>promises to be an interesting read

Also see my piece on the Jersey Blues here
Origin of the Jersey Blues</sup>

Rangers by Remington

March of Roger's Rangers by Frederick Remington

15mm stuff

If you are looking for 15mm stuff this page of Blue Moon's 15mm line has some interesting product - including this resin fort.