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After The Dust Storm(See options...) |
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Ambush At The Ancient Rocks(See options...) |
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Before The Charge(See options...) |
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Before The Little Big Horn"The boundaries of the Sioux Indian nation defined by the Treaty of 1868 were not respected by pioneers or elements of the Sioux and their Cheyenne and Arapaho allies. So, I wanted a somewhat anxious mood to pervade this image of the great plains as cavalry soldiers and Crow Indian scouts gaze across a beautiful, but troubled landscape." (See options...) |
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Berdan's Sharpshooters- Second Day At(See options...) |
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Buffalo Soldiers: "Advance As Skirmishers Charge(See options...) |
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Charge Of The Buffalo Soldiers(See options...) |
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Distant Thunder(See options...) |
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Fort Scott Soldier(See options...) |
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Retreat To Higher Ground(See options...) |
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Return For Honor(See options...) |
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Rogers Rangers Toward Ticonderoga 1759If the enemy pursue your rear, take a circle till you come to your own tracks, and there form an ambush to receive them, and give them the first fire. If your number be small, march in a single file, keeping at such a distance from each other as to prevent one shot from killing two men. These are just two of a list of fighting techniques and methods known as Rogers´ Ranging Rules, compiled by Robert Rogers in the mid-1750s. Many of his tactics are still practiced by the US Army today. In this painting by John Buxton, it is the summer of 1759, and France and Great Britain are locked in their final struggle for supremacy in North America. A scouting party led by the famous Robert Rogers pauses atop Mount Pelee, overlooking Lake George, on its way to observe French activity at Fort Ticonderoga. British General Jeffrey Amherst relies heavily on intelligence provided by his intrepid American Rangers as he prepares his offensive against the French. Once the Rangers´ proficiency was recognized, they became Independent Companies on the Regular British Establishment, and they were paid for by the Crown. Their dress was a distinctive combination of military, frontier, and native styles, and they practiced then-unconventional tactics. The Rangers are accompanied by Royal Artillery Lieutenant Thomas Davies, whose artistic efforts left us a valuable record of colonial America. A member of Rogers´ Stockbridge Indian Companies accompanied him in this mission. He was subject to Ranger discipline, but wore native dress and served under his own Indian officers. (See options...) |
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Saber Charge(See options...) |
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Single File(See options...) |
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The Long Column(See options...) |
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The Long KnivesAn army patrol scours the dry and dusty but spectacular canyon country in search of Indians, who refer to the cavalrymen as “Long Knives” for the sabers they carry. Though the men on these exhausting patrols rarely found Indians, they did learn the lay of the land and their geographic discoveries helped to create some of the first maps of the Southwest. The Long Knives is not artist Frank McCarthy’s first depiction of the tireless patrolmen of the Southwest. In Scouting the Long Knives, he painted an Apache scout hiding behind a sandstone boulder as he watched a column of the horsemen pass. Frank McCarthy’s gift was his talent for creating compelling and dramatic paintings, but his talent was his determination to share both sides of a story. (See options...) |
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The Pursuit(See options...) |
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The Volunteer(See options...) |
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War Stories(See options...) |
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With Pistols Drawn(See options...) |
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