Officer Reports
Upcoming events
Battle of Wyoming After Action Report
Proposal for Discussion and Voting at the 28th Annual Meeting
The Continental Line – Development Site
The Continental Line, Inc.
Officer Reports
Upcoming events
Battle of Wyoming After Action Report
Proposal for Discussion and Voting at the 28th Annual Meeting
From the Chairman
Upcoming Events
-Annual Meeting
-Fort Lee
-Fort Mifflin
Coming in 2013
Message From the Editor
Procedure for Units That Wish to Join the Continental Line
Up Coming Big Events
-The Wyoming Valley Raid
-Mount Harmon Plantation
-Colonial Plantation
-Peter Wentz Farmstead
-The Annual Battle of Bound Brook
-233rd Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Monmouth
Coming in 2012
-Prescott Ontario
by Joe Wagner One of the ladies in our group has, for years, worn a pair of wooden shoes and is quite enamored with them. I have noticed a few more pairs in the camps and some time ago I began to mildly ponder the propriety of such things. While reading the “New York Journal”…
by Joe Wagner Logistics: “. . the branch of military science dealing with the procurement, maintenance, and movement of equipment, supplies, and personnel.” PART TWO –TRANSPORT & FORAGE The success or failure of a Quartermaster General (QMG) was largely judged on his ability to bring support to the troops while in winter camp and keeping…
by: Capt. Héctor L. Díaz, Spanish Louisiana Infantry Regiment Although supported by historical fact, it is still not widely known that the assistance of Spain and her colonies was an important factor in the triumph of the American Revolution .This being the Fall issue of our newsletter, I would like to present in its spaces…
Up Coming Events
-The Battle of Newton
-Fight at Richardson’s Tavern
-Grand Encampment of Revolutionary War Soldiers
-Mt Harmon Plantation
-The Battle of Huck’s Defeat
-House in the Horseshoe
Logistics and the Continental Army
The Quartermaster General
Safety News: Tick Safety
The really warm part of reenacting season has arrived. Now is the time to prepare for everyone’s favorite concern in the hobby, ticks. As we head out to enjoy our hobby, the warm spring weather is also bringing out the pests that could hamper our hobby enjoyment. We know that besides being uncomfortable, ticks also…
by Joe Wagner Logistics: “. . the branch of military science dealing with the procurement, maintenance, and movement of equipment, supplies, and personnel.” PART ONE – THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL The Continental winter camp at Valley Forge in 1777- 78 is the stuff of legend. A pitiable, cold, starving army in rags perseveres through all hardship…
By Gustav Person, 1st Virginia Regiment “…I am no advocate for blindly following the maxims of European policy.” Part I of this article examined the British and Ameri- can training manuals in use and available for study by American leaders during the War of Independence. This part will examine those French and German (mainly Prussian)…