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| Brown Bess (The Army Musket -- 1700-1815) In the days of lace-ruffles, perukes, and brocade Brown Bess was a partner whom none could despise -- An out-spoken, flinty-lipped, brazen-faced jade, With a habit of looking men straight in the eyes -- At Blenheim and Ramillies, fops would confess They were pierced to the heart by the charms of Brown Bess. by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) |
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BROWN BESS MISCONCEPTION By the time Kipling wrote this ode to the British soldier's flintlock companion, the musket itself had passed into history. Yet the charms of the name Brown Bess live on. Attend an American Revolution re-enactment, speak with an historical interpreter, or even consult The Encyclopedia Britannica and you will be told that the firearm carried on both sides during the War for Independence was known to the soldiers as "the Brown Bess." But that is not exactly right. And the source of the error is itself an interesting story that takes us back in history................ By: D. Michael Ryan, Historian with the Concord and Lincoln Minute Men, an 18th Century volunteer history interpreter with the National Park Service and Associate Dean of Students at Boston College click here to read the rest of the story |
| WHO WE ARE This group is the very first that Robert Rogers ever commanded. It is a provincial group from New Hampshire and although most men had signed up by January of 1755 under Frye's Battalion of Massachusettes, Rogers made a deal with Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire and turned his men over to that colony. The unit was officially activated April 24, 1755, with Rogers as its captain, John Stark its Lieutenant, and Hugh Sterling its clerk. It was Designated the First Company of Col. Joseph Blanchard's New Hampshire Regiment. It was known more commonly as Roger's Ranging company as it provided the ranging service for the rest of the regiment. Our style of dress is provincial militia, in other words whatever the recruit could have brought from home. Joseph Blanchard's New Hampshire Regiment, 1st, or Roger's Ranging, Company Nationality: British Provincial Affiliations with Umbrella Organizations: Forces of Montcalme and Wolfe (provisional) |
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