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Uniform of Fifers & Drummers in the British Army	3	16 Oct 2025 4:20 p.m. PST
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His Majesty's Tenth Regiment of Foot. 1775 Boston.	3	15 Aug 2025 4:54 p.m. PST
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War of Independence 1775 –1783: Militia	1	07 Aug 2025 4:25 p.m. PST
15mm Peter Pig Civilians for the Caribbean	4	05 Aug 2025 10:54 a.m. PST
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28mm British Mounted Infantry for the AWI?	9	27 Jul 2025 5:52 a.m. PST
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Defense of the Walled Road.	3	23 Jul 2025 4:16 p.m. PST
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Princeton 1777.	5	13 Jul 2025 4:28 p.m. PST
Scenes of Desperate Fighting at Greenacres Farmstead	4	13 Jul 2025 4:25 p.m. PST
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AWI British 22nd Regiment of Foot	3	08 Jul 2025 4:03 p.m. PST
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General Washington’s Strengths and Weaknesses	10	24 Jun 2025 4:32 p.m. PST
American War of Independence by Greg Novak	29	24 Jun 2025 9:32 a.m. PST
Spencer’s Expedition: Failure in Newport	1	23 Jun 2025 5:11 p.m. PST
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Unsung: William Moultrie and the Battle of Sullivan's Island	1	08 Jun 2025 4:50 p.m. PST
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