Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865

by Troiani, Don; Coates, Earl J.; Kochan, James L.; Chartrand, Rene

• ISBN13: 9780811705196
• ISBN10: 0811705196
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

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 artefact experts that analyses 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-colour 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.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	vii	(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xi
The Colonial Period, 1754-1769	23	(20)
Soldier, Virginia Regiment, 1754	3	(2)
Shawnee Warrior, c. 1750-80	5	(3)
Private, Companies Franches de la Marine, 1757-60	8	(3)
Grenadier, 40th Foot, 1759	11	(4)
The Battle of Bushy Run: The "Swing Action" of August 6, 1763	15	(8)
The Revolution, 1770-1783	23	(62)
Battalion Soldier of the "Vein-Openers," 1770	23	(3)
Grenadier, 33rd Regiment of Foot, 1776	26	(3)
Private, Battalion Company, 15th Regiment of Foot, 1777-81	29	(4)
Private, Battalion Company, King's American Regiment, Summer 1777	33	(2)
Private, Battalion Company, The Royal North British Fuzileers, Spring-Fall 1777	35	(2)
Trooper, The Queen's Light Dragoons, Dismounted Division, 1777	37	(2)
Cavalry Trooper, The British Legion, 1780-81	39	(2)
A Grenadier of The Black Watch, Winter 1779-80	41	(2)
Private, Captain Mclntosh's Company, "Fraser's Highlanders," 2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot, Winter 1780-81	43	(2)
"Light Bob" Private, 16th Regiment of Foot, 1777-81	45	(2)
Jaeger, 2nd Company, Hesse-Cassel Field Jaeger Corps, 1776-77	47	(2)
Fusilier Company Private, Fusilier Regiment von Lossberg, 1776	49	(2)
General George Washington, Commander In Chief, Continental Army, Fall 1777	51	(2)
Lexington "Minute Company," Massachusetts Militia, 1775	53	(1)
A "Jersey Blue" of 1776	54	(2)
Private, 4th New York Regiment, Winter 1778-79	56	(1)
A "Black Irishman" of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Winter 1778-79	57	(3)
Private, Captain George Lewis's Troop, 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons, 1777-78	60	(2)
Light Infantry Private and Light Dragoon Officer, Lee's Partisan Legion, 1779-81	62	(3)
Virginia Militiaman, 1780-81	65	(1)
The Battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781	66	(6)
Company Officer, Continental Line Infantry Regiment, Mid-Atlantic States, 1780-83	72	(2)
North Carolina Militiaman, 1780-81	74	(2)
Lieutenant James Giles, 2nd Regiment of Continental Artillery, Fall-Winter 1780	76	(2)
Sergeant of Light Infantry, New York or New Jersey Line, Spring-Fall 1782	78	(2)
Grenadier Corporal, Royal Deux-Pont Regiment, c. 1780-83	80	(5)
The New Republic and Westward Expansion, 1790-1850	85	(49)
The Heroes of Tippecanoe, 1811	85	(3)
Private, 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 1812-13	88	(3)
Ensign and Private with Regiment Standard, 25th U.S. Infantry, Fall 1813-Spring 1814	91	(4)
Private, Scott's Brigade (9th, 11th, and 25th U.S. Infantry), Spring-Summer 1814	95	(5)
Private, Light Infantry Company, the 104th or "New Brunswick" Regiment of Foot, Summer 1814	100	(5)
Private, Battalion Company, 5th West India Regiment, 1814-15	105	(6)
Sergeant, U.S. Marines, c. 1836	111	(3)
Private, 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment, Spring 1836	114	(5)
Marine Corporal, 1847	119	(3)
Trooper, 1st Regiment of U.S. Dragoons, 1846-47	122	(4)
Private, Company of Sappers, Miners, and Pontoniers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1846-47	126	(4)
Private, Grenadier Company, 5th or Guerrero Regiment, Permanente Infantry, 1836	130	(4)
The Civil War, 1861-1865	134
8th Company, 7th New York State Militia, 1861	134	(3)
Private, Company I, 4th Virginia Infantry, CSA	137	(3)
Clinch Rifles, Georgia Militia, April 1861	140	(5)
1st Minnesota Infantry, July 1861	145	(2)
"Jackson Is With You!"	147	(3)
Private, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, January 1862	150	(5)
Burnside's Bridge	155	(4)
The Indiana Zouaves	159	(3)
Private, 53rd New York, "D'Epineuil's Zouaves"	162	(6)
33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Fall 1863	168	(4)
5th New York Veteran Volunteers, 1864	172	(5)
Private, 88th New York Infantry, Summer 1863	177	(3)
Sons of Erin	180	(4)
1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops	184	(3)
Private, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery	187	(4)
"For God's Sake Forward!"	191	(4)
Little Round Top	195	(4)
Private, 5th New Jersey Infantry, May 1863	199	(3)
The Emmitsburg Road	202	(4)
Union Infantry Drummer, Winter 1863-64	206	(4)
Private, 20th Tennessee Infantry, CSA, Summer 1863	210	(3)
Corporal, Company C, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, September 1863	213	(5)
Hampton's Duel	218	(6)
Rock of Erin	224	(4)
1st Company, Richmond Howitzers, 1863	228	(3)
Union Army Surgeon, 1861-65	231	(3)
Confederate States Medical Service	234	(5)
Corporal, 8th Regiment, The Veteran Reserve Corps, March 1864	239