Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865

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Stackpole Books, 1998 - Art - 242 pages
This 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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