Did you enjoy Fort Ticonderoga? Looking forward to next year? Did you miss the BAR Grand Encampment and kicking yourself? Start making plans for the 2001...
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Bart Reynolds
bartiii@...
Jul 30, 2000 6:36 am
Patrick, The word is either an abbreviation or misspelling of the the word <mulct> which means to punish with a fine or forfeiture. Bart Reynolds...
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fusilier23@...
Jul 30, 2000 1:03 pm
Hello Captain Francis Marsden was a captain with the 5th regiment of foot. He was not the captain of the grenadier company at either Leington & Concord or ...
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dwoolsey@...
Jul 30, 2000 3:18 pm
... For the farming techniques of the period, woodlands were more fertile than prairie. The primary technique is still practised today and is known as "slash...
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Jay Callaham
jay-callaham@...
Jul 30, 2000 3:25 pm
I found these phrases interesting: "the 3-Pounder was so portable that it could be carried by four troops, it - - -" I would NOT want to mess with those four...
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Patrick J OKelley
goober.com@...
Jul 30, 2000 3:54 pm
Howdy, What is going on with Enview Plantation on 30 Sept - 1 Oct. It has become a mystery event, and not much is being put out about it. Someone give us an...
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Tcolej@...
Jul 30, 2000 4:18 pm
Hi Patrick, I don't know anything to tell you about the event, besides the fact that I am going and the that the 64th should have a large showing there. More ...
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Charles Sardeson
cts3@...
Jul 30, 2000 7:24 pm
... earlier assertion that the men collected water in their canteens It seems odd to me to include something worn on the person in an order about baggage....
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horse17ld@...
Jul 30, 2000 10:03 pm
Hello List, More fodder for the round tent discussion; according to war department records the 17th Light Dragoons were issued 25 round tents for ten men each,...
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Sgt42RHR@...
Jul 30, 2000 10:28 pm
Chuck, I think you're right on the money. John ... about ... be ... John Johnston 42d. Grenr. Compy. "There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness."...
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John & Debbie Rondeau
wethrhead@...
Jul 31, 2000 2:52 am
Dear List, Ok, I'll come out of lurker mode once more to admit that I was one of those "pissed off minutemen" as the nitwit actor pipes just before we get...
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Jeff Lambert
jdrlambe@...
Jul 31, 2000 11:08 am
Dear Esteem List, Of late I have been distracted with other matters and do beg your forgiveness. For information on the Endview Plantation event please click...
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Frank Fusco
frankf@...
Jul 31, 2000 1:04 pm
I am a fairly new member to the list and am requesting some advice. I live in Arkansas but long ago selected the Rev. Rifleman as my persona because I respect...
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revmail@...
Jul 31, 2000 1:16 pm
The following comes from Randall's History of Chesterfield, New Hampshire. Anyone care to tell me what this pig policy means: ..At the annual town-meeting held...
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hugh francis
HORSEMASTER@...
Jul 31, 2000 1:33 pm
Could this mean Congress is now in session<G>? Hugh...
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Joseph & Christine
malruck@...
Jul 31, 2000 1:46 pm
Frank, How absurd - everyone knows that _I_ am the final and absolute authority on riflemen's uniforms and correctness! ...well, with the possible exception of...
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Dave Snyder
d.snyder@...
Jul 31, 2000 2:09 pm
Hi All- Go to the 64th Website <http://www.lxiv.org> and click on the banner for the Endview event, top of the home page. Lots of info available there. -Dave...
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Miles Twaddell
mileset3@...
Jul 31, 2000 2:39 pm
John: Confession is indeed good for the soul. I agree that the robots' comments were, as usual, the best part of that train-wreck of a flick (I especially...
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PBSP@...
Jul 31, 2000 4:19 pm
List ... was voted .."to let the swine run at large, being yoked and ringed according to law." << It was common to let pigs roam at large to feed themselves...
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Mike Goode
goode@...
Jul 31, 2000 7:26 pm
Had my nose in the Washington Papers again and saw a reference to the Corps of Marechausie being attached to the Marquis de Lafayette in 1780. Anybody know...
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Todd Post
tpost@...
Jul 31, 2000 7:28 pm
Mike, This was the Provost, they were I *think" technically dragoons, but they were tasked with military justice (deserters, etc.) Todd...
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Robert Sulentic
rnsulentic@...
Jul 31, 2000 8:30 pm
That's the Provost Corps. ... From: Mike Goode <goode@...> To: Revlist@egroups.com Sent: July 31, 2000 8:20:13 PM GMT Subject: [Revlist]...
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thomas Gore
wmgore1781@...
Jul 31, 2000 9:45 pm
List, Rifle shirts or hunting shirts are one of the most complex topics we deal with. I would argue with anyone who claims to be an absolute authority on ...
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thomas Gore
wmgore1781@...
Jul 31, 2000 9:53 pm
List, It was very common practice to allow animals to roam free and fence them out of places one didn't want them to go. This holds true for swine. cattle, ...
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PZBOB@...
Jul 31, 2000 10:41 pm
i was there also,in my 4th year with the 25th mass. the 2nd conn.5th conn and the 25th mass had brigaded together into a cohesive 2 company(12 men each) unit...
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bmthomas@...
Jul 31, 2000 10:44 pm
Sorry--new monitor--sizes off fence the garden to keep animals OUT! yoke-sometimes was four boards nailed together over hogs neck and ringed- ring in nose....
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John White
avlonfrg@...
Jul 31, 2000 11:22 pm
Mike & Todd There is a web site for von Heer's Provost Corps at http://www.usprovost1778.org/ It doesn't currently have much info, but I'm sure if you contact...
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Sgt42RHR@...
Aug 1, 2000 1:57 am
Saw this image on Ebay, thought some of you might like to look at it as well. John <A...
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Sgt42RHR@...
Aug 1, 2000 2:13 am
Another very clear image of at 1777 Pennsylvania 12 shilling note <A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=391211556">Cli ck here: eBay...
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Ben Carlos Jr.
hudvcapt@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:03 am
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