| Tango01 | 29 Feb 2020 12:51 p.m. PST |
"On May 25, 1775, the 62nd Regiment of Foot stood for review. The line of men, clad in their redcoats with buff facings, did not impress the reviewing officer. He called the regiment "very much drafted" and "very indifferent." Despite the disparaging grade, in just over two years, the 62nd Foot commendably fought in one of the fiercest actions of the War for Independence. Scottish military man Lt. Col. John Anstruther led the 62nd Foot in the campaign of 1777. Anstruther faced no easy task; the 62nd was the junior British regiment in John Burgoyne's army and most of its men were inexperienced in campaigning and battle. To make the situation even worse, roughly one-quarter of the 62nd Foot's soldiers were German. Language barriers likely prevented complete cohesion within the unit. However, with a war on, nothing could be done to rectify the regiment's defects as it marched south into New York. Anstruther's regiment was present for the operations around Fort Ticonderoga in early July 1777. After American forces abandoned the fort, the conglomerate and inexperienced 62nd remained behind to man Mount Independence overlooking Lake Champlain. As the rest of Burgoyne's army continued campaigning, the men of the 62nd Foot spent time guarding themselves against rattlesnakes rather than the enemy. Their time came to rejoin the main army before the Battle of Saratoga commenced…"
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| Tango01 | 29 Feb 2020 3:09 p.m. PST |
What a great picture…
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| Tango01 | 01 Mar 2020 3:38 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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| 42flanker | 02 Mar 2020 8:39 a.m. PST |
That Freeman was a tough old bird… |
| Tango01 | 02 Mar 2020 12:08 p.m. PST |
Instead of his bullet and bayonette wounds in that battle… he live 18 years more!… Amicalement
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| Virginia Tory | 03 Mar 2020 8:22 a.m. PST |
Interesting picture, but not Freeman's Farm. John Freeman was a Loyalist, serving as a guide, his son Thomas joining Jessup's Regiment. link British are also wearing standard uniforms, something not in evidence during Saratoga. So I wonder what that painting represents? |
| 42flanker | 03 Mar 2020 10:20 a.m. PST |
D'ya know? There was just this little, niggling doubt…. |
| Virginia Tory | 03 Mar 2020 10:22 a.m. PST |
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| Bill N | 03 Mar 2020 3:54 p.m. PST |
I found the painting on another site. It was labeled Old Sam Whittemore April 19, 1775. |
| Nick Stern | 03 Mar 2020 5:19 p.m. PST |
Lexington and Concord then |
| historygamer | 04 Mar 2020 6:56 a.m. PST |
I like the woodpile in the background. I need some of those in my game. :-) |
| Virginia Tory | 08 Mar 2020 12:28 p.m. PST |
Use matches to make logs? Or tiny twigs? |
| Virginia Tory | 09 Mar 2020 6:13 a.m. PST |
link Always a tad skeptical about these sorts of stories, right up there with Peter Francisco, Timothy Murphy, etc. |
sails to the Skeleton Seas, and finds inspiration as she goes.
