Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865This sweeping tour through America's military past provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of the soldier of the colonial wars, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. Supporting nearly 200 photos of rare equipment and uniforms is text by two leading artifact experts that analyzes and evaluates the arms and accoutrements of the different periods, using firsthand accounts to describe military fashion in Europe and America. How regulations were decided upon - and how they often were ignored - is illustrated in narrative and correspondence. Of course, this new book also features Troiani's meticulously crafted full-color scenes of grand action and great characters, including Bushy Run, George Washington, the Battle of Cowpens, Stonewall Jackson, Emmitsburg Road, and Hampton's Dues, as well as his famously detailed figures, from a Shawnee warrior to the Richmond Howitzers. |
Contents
The Colonial Period 17541769 | 3 |
Grenadier 40th Foot 1759 | 11 |
Private Battalion Company 5th West India Regiment 181415 | 15 |
The Revolution 17701783 | 23 |
Private Battalion Company 15th Regiment of Foot 177781 | 29 |
Private Battalion Company The Royal North British Fuzileers SpringFall 1777 | 35 |
A Grenadier of The Black Watch Winter 177980 | 41 |
Jaeger 2nd Company HesseCassel Field Jaeger Corps 177677 | 47 |
Private Company of Sappers Miners and Pontoniers U S Army Corps of Engineers | 126 |
The Civil War 18611865 | 134 |
Clinch Rifles Georgia Militia April 1861 | 140 |
Jackson Is With You | 147 |
Burnsides Bridge | 155 |
Private 53rd New York DEpineuils Zouaves | 162 |
33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Fall 1863 | 168 |
Private 88th New York Infantry Summer 1863 | 177 |
Lexington Minute Company Massachusetts Militia 1775 | 53 |
Private Captain George Lewiss Troop 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons 177778 | 60 |
The Battle of Cowpens January 17 1781 | 66 |
Company Officer Continental Line Infantry Regiment MidAtlantic States 178083 | 72 |
Sergeant of Light Infantry New York or New Jersey Line SpringFall 1782 | 78 |
1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry U S Colored Troops | 184 |
For Gods Sake Forward | 191 |
Private 5th New Jersey Infantry May 1863 | 199 |
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