Hi, Can anyone please send me a basic needs list of what I would nee dot purchase to portray a ca.1775-76 a soldier in the Connecticut Militia ? I have a...
Hi: I'm new here on the list, so I have a few questions to start? I. What are some good sources for doing uniform and equipement research on the British forces...
Hello, all. This Labor Day weekend, we'll be commemorating the 225th anniversary of Benedict Arnold's two-pronged attack which flanked the Thames River in ...
Am looking for information concerning the standard rations for sailors in the Continental Navy of 1775. I have a copy of the Rules for the Regulation of the...
... Any ... Yes, I have found that information also. But nothing official from the Continental Congress. Was jsut reading an article in the Naval Insitiute...
Normally I just lurk and glean the interesting information passed on by this list. I do have a question concerning what exactly was ment by the food name of...
Given that there were thousands of bean varieties available at the time, anything would do. I would go with navy or black beans. THe peas are a little...
... know there is nothing going on here in Las Vegas for that. ... There is nothing here in San Diego except a group that does Civil War encampments. That is...
Art, Yep, I was there along with the rest of the melting ones. We were assigned to the consolidated rifle company on the left flank. Only made it for...
Hello, My name is Michael Merritt, I have been doing Civil War Reenacting for 6 years now and WWII reenacting for 1 year. I would now like to do Revolutionary...
This little event can't compete with these Noble and Sage Southern and NorthEast events, but if your in the Midwest, and nothings going on the 2nd weekend of...
... From: Peter Eldridge To: histnact@... Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:22 AM Subject: Fort Griswold On September 1, 2, 3, 2006, the 225th anniversary...
Hello, I'm looking for a good text about the Battle of Saratoga. This is one of the "thin" areas in my Revolutionary library. If you have a favorite book on...
Lets spread the word and make this the best one yet. I was in attendance at the 200th (as a kid) and remember the excitement! Groton is a short drive for many...
On the 31st of August 1781 Gen. Marion prepared an ambush for Major Fraser's South Carolina Loyalists at Parker's Ferry outside of Charlestown, South Carolina....
Hi Lobo. You might start with Ketchum's book "Saratoga" and the book on the Saratoga campaign that appears in the Osprey publishing series. Also, I would...
Hello again. Also, Baroness Frederika von Riedesel (the wife of the main Hessian commander in Burgoyne's army) kept a diary of her experiences during the...
Hello everyone. I am looking for anyone interested in participating in a film shoot in February 2007. We will be shooting in the Savannah area and are looking...
"Saratoga" by Richard M. Ketchum is a good one that I have read. Others may know more than I do, though, as most of my reading and research involves the...
Ketchum is the best commercially available author on "Saratoga". He is a very nice man and a great storyteller. There are some other books that are out of...
At Saratoga they sell John Lauzander, Decision On The Hudson, Ft Washington PA: Eastern National, 2002 ed of 1975 original. Its a good broad overview of the...
Just to add some other lists of rations: This is from a prisoner on a Briish prison ship. On ship, the prisoners had to split between six men the rations of 4...
James Kirschke discusses his book, Gouverneur Morris: Author, Statesman, and Man of the World, on Monday August 7, at 7 p.m., at the Falls of Schuylkill...
I need a little help with understanding something about this book. Where did the colonials who supported independence get their philosophical foundation?...
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