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By Don Hagist This article is reprinted, with permission, from “The Brigade Dispatch” At the time of the American Revolution, a method for a soldier to show surrender or submission was to club the firelock, that is, to hold it shouldered but reversed, with the butt in the air and the muzzle down. Although this…
By John U. Rees Recently the proceedings of a number of British courts martial have been brought to light, providing another window on the day-to-day activities of common soldiers and their retainers (most notably in several articles in The Brigade Dispatch, Journal of the Brigade of the American Revolution). The following document, found in the…
By David McKissack – 7thVirginia, Continental Line The Road to Guilford Courthouse : The American Revolution in the Carolinas.John Buchanan. Retail Price: $30.00. Hardcover, 464 pages. Published by John Wiley & Sons. March 1, 1997. Unlike most people, reenactors know that much of the American Revolution occurred south of Philadelphia and Boston. Some are even…