Battle Road 2023 AAR

 

Troop, what an amazing weekend!!!!  The weather on Saturday was perfect for both spectators and participants alike.  Most importantly, the crowds were back!  It is always so nice to see so many people interested in our nation’s history! The events at Minuteman National Park went extremely well and the authenticity of both armies (especially the rebels) was considerably improved.

 

The final event on Saturday was at Tower Park.  While the Lexington Minuteman provided an outstanding lunch for all participants, the afternoon battle did not live up to its usual expectations.  Surprisingly the Rebels absolutely refused to push us!  We did everything we could to try and draw them out of the woods, but they remained completely stationary.  We finally gave up and fled in disarray, much to the delight of the crowds!

 

However, it was Trooper Duncan-Gilmore who made the biggest impression on the crowd.  After doing a wonderful job speaking to the audience, she was an extremely popular target of photographers.  Importantly, she made a particularly great impression on a number of young girls who looked at her in awe as they posed with her for pictures!  

Sergeant Fuhrmann did a great job leading the company in his first appearance as Sergeant and both Troopers Burney and Brown continue to be the backbone of the Regiment. We are lucky to have them both!

 

On Monday, the Battle on Lexington Green was a huge success with the traditionally large crowd!  The pancake breakfast afterwards remains a wonderful tradition.  By the time we did the battle at the Old North Bridge, the clouds were forming and we did get a bit of rain, but we were able to get the full ceremony in before it opened up.

 

Fifer Werner deserves the “Iron-[wo]Man” award for the weekend - after getting a 2:00 am wake-up call on Monday, she did the battles at Lexington and Concord and then marched in two separate parades!  She definitely reflected the best of our hobby!  I am also very pleased to announce that in addition to her fifing duties with the 16^th, Fifer Werner will be joining the Tenth Regiment’s company of music.  This will allow Wren to learn from their excellent core of musicians, Anthony Jenkins and George Souza.  This also reflects the excellent cooperation among the units of the Boston Garrison. 

 

Over the course of the three day weekend, we had the following members in uniform:

 

Captain Langan

Sergeant Fuhrmann

Trooper Burney

Trooper Brown

Trooper Duncan-Gilmore

Fifer Werner

 

For our next event, we have been invited to a one-day Light Infantry training day on June 3^rd.  The event will be held at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, Mass.  Most of us should be familiar with the location since we reenacted the Battle of Bunker Hill there last year.  I’m hoping to take a longer tour of the museum after our training – for those who were there last year, the WWII exhibit is spectacular!   Since it is being sponsored by the 64^th Regiment, I know it will be a great event!  I’ll be sending out detailed information over the next few weeks.  Since we already voted on our schedule, this event will strictly be a volunteer only event.

 

Thanks to everyone who made it such an outstanding weekend!!

 

YMH&OS,

 

J. Langan, Captain

16^th QLD

August 31st, 2013 the 16th will be recruiting at the Persen House in Kingston.

Our special feature will be 18th gowns made by Hella Beale and these will be on display with the accessories of the period.
  Please join us from (AM to 3 PM.

Video From St. Kitts

Hey, everyone. Just got back from St. Kitts safely, soundly, and later with all our baggage. St. Kitts was beautiful (And yes, photos will be up after I track some of them down). Great fort and boy did we have fun on that island. Next event is Battle Road, which is next week. So if your near by, we'll see you there.

The 16th has arrive back from OSV alive, safely, and somewhat wet. Everyone had a fun time at the event, even with the down pour that occur on Sunday. Some high notes of the event were the chance to flank the rebel forces by crossing a river bed, enjoying the evening with friends that we haven't seen in a long time, and capturing a rebel Ensign. Photos from the event should be going up in time. Next 16th event is at Fort Ti. See you there. ~ Trooper Fuhrmann

P.S. I found a humorous statement on Wikipedia under the Trooper. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

"Cavalry Troopers are generally considered to be socially a cut above other soldiers... This historically superior social position is humorously referenced today in the Australian Army, where cavalry Troopers jokingly define their role as: "The role of the Cavalry is to add colour, dash and daring, to what would otherwise be a mindless s***fight amongst grunts". In the British Army the equivalent phrase is "adding tone to what would otherwise be just a vulgar brawl"." End quote. (wikipedia.org Trooper (Rank) page)

The schedule for the weekend follows. This is fully integrated with the Continental Line and their major activities are shown as well.

There is no budget for registration packets. I have put a pdf copy of the schedule up in the CrownForces Yahoo Group files, at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crownforces/files/Wyoming%202011/
Feel free to download that if you want to print a copy for yourself or for members of your unit.

This is a battle rich weekend. Note that there are three all-up, full-scale battles, starting at 11AM on Saturday. These are a series, with each picking up where the prior one leaves off.

We are also scheduling a night battle, at 10PM or 11PM on Saturday. This is optional and units can participate if they wish. We are expecting a balmy evening brightly lit with a full moon and exceptional clarity. If the weather fails us, we will scratch this. The scenario will be a British Light Column falling on Wayne's battalion at Paoli. Expect Wayne's troops to be more alert this time. The musketry & cannon fire should be a spectacle!!

Each unit may also participate in one or more of the Small Unit Missions. Three of these are Woods Walk Ambushes. In these, a Rebel column moving through the woods escorting refugees will be ambushed. The refugees will be managable numbers of visiting public, closely controlled, with the action never approaching close to them. The first of these is at 10:30AM. Commanded by Peter Ferwerda with Scott Patterson as 2IC, the force will be all of Scott's 3rd Brigade rangers, native warriors, and skirmishers. (They will then have to scurry to position for the 11AM battle). The other two Woods Walk Ambushes will have different units assigned under Peter.

The other small unit missions will be a mixed bag of events that occurred in the valley in 1778. These should be about 30 minute actions. In the first (perhaps), the line battalion of the 1st Brigade will be sent out to find a column of loyalist refugees and escort them safely back to camp, fending off a Rebel attack in the process. Each of the others will have a set scenario, and provide a continuous series of events during the day for the visiting public to see and for us to enjoy. Units that wish to do more than one of these should contact me. Otherwise, I will ensure that units have only one such assignment and are not over-scheduled.

per order,
Michael Grenier
CEO & Commander, The British Brigade

We just finished  with a small event at Clermont State Historical Site. We really enjoyed the Fourth of July, hung out with the 1st Ulster Militia, and had fun with the audience and went into heavy recruiting mode. In a week, we'll be off to Wyoming, Pennsylvania for the Wyoming Massacre on the 16th and 17th. If you in the area, stop by and say hello. ~ Trooper Ralph

Picture Page Updated

After sitting down in front of the computer for about four hours, I have finally finish updating the Picture Page of the website. I’ve created an account with photobucket to host all the main pictures of the 16^th (took most of those hours to go through facebook profiles and hard drives) and adjusted the page to include the links to the individual albums. Now, we have a system that (should) be easy to update. So, check out the pictures.  ~ Trooper Fuhrmann

New Musician's Coat

 

Either in the Charge and Hand to Hand

The 16th Light Dragoons, in its' 18th Century form, has been recreated to honour the service of the dismounted officers and troopers of the 16th, who, acting in concert with the mounted squadrons of the regiment, served bravely during the American Revolution.