Four companies of Rogers Rangers (500 rangers) arrived on the provincial vessel King George and were at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia from April 8 until May 28, awaiting the Siege of Louisbourg (1758). While there, they scoured the woods to stop raids on the capital.

During the French and Indian War, Rogers raised and commanded Rogers' Rangers, a ranger unit trained for carrying out asymmetric warfare. [2][3] Robert Rogers was born to Ulster-Scots settlers, James and Mary McFatridge Rogers on 7 November 1731 in Methuen, a small town in northeastern Massachusetts.

Apr 10, 2012 · Rangers rendezvous with Major Rogers during a scouting mission. Rangers served in civilian clothes until 1758, when jackets made from green frieze were procured from clothing contractors in Albany. The jackets and Scots bonnets were the …

Years of incessant frontier war had taken a heavy toll on the rangers. Rogers found new recruits among the provincial militia. Some British regulars also joined the expedition, particularly Light Infantry, Scots from the Royal Regiment, and the famed “Black Watch” 42nd Highlanders.

Within the hobby are a variety of sutlers (vendors) who make and sell every imaginable item needed to accurately portray our 18th century counterparts. To offset costs, our members will create certain portions of their kit using either available patterns or company gear as samples.

Jun 24, 2022 · Rogers formed Rogers’ Rangers in 1755 and the group fought in important battles during the French and Indian War. Most of his men were from New Hampshire, like John Stark, but there were also men from other colonies, including Israel Putnam.

When early that year Robert Rogers, the adventurous son of a Scots-Irish colonist on New Hampshire’s frontier, offered to provide a group of 50 volunteers as a ranger company to the provincial militia, its commander eagerly accepted his offer.

Two hundred Rangers in fifteen whaleboats under Major Rogers were ordered to row up the St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario to take over the remote line of French outposts that stretched from Detroit to Michilimackinac, at the foot of Lake Superior.

A unique corps of 600 frontiersmen who successfully adapted Indian techniques to their fighting, Rogers’s Rangers emphasized self-sufficiency, courage, stealth, and methods of camouflage. Conducting numerous raids, scouting enemy positions, and capturing prisoners, Rogers’s Rangers gained a reputation as the most colourful unit in the ...

Among the recruits who joined one company assigned to scout the upper Merrimack River valley around Rumford (later Concord), New Hampshire, was the teenager Robert Rogers. Incessant French and Indian inroads turned the war of 1744–48 …