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By Don Hagist This article is reprinted, with permission, from “The Brigade Dispatch” A British newspaper carried an announcement for a fair called the Yattendon Revel, to be held on July 10 & 11, 1782. Among the activities was a Jingling Match by eleven blindfolded women, and one unmasked with bells, for a very good…
By Sue Huesken — 1stNew Jersey Regiment What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You! Ticks are active during the fall as well as spring and summer. The Blacklegged tick (formally called the deer tick) and the LoneStar ticks are the two types of major concern when it comes to transmitting disease to humans. Approximately 50%…
By James E. Newell – German Regiment, 1stContinental Regiment of Foot In the 20th century, we find it difficult to place ourselves in the mindset of the 18th century. In the words of one historian, “One finds it necessary to disencumber his mind of prejudices unconsciously imbibed”. We take for granted the plentiful supply of…
By David McKissack — 7thVirginia, Continental Line Saratoga, by Richard M. Ketchum. Hardback. Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1997, 545 pp. $30.00. ISBN 0-8050-4681-X. On June 20, 1777, a body of 7,000 of the 18th century’s most disciplined and experienced troops began a campaign in northern New York which was designed to end the…