Sir William Howe's Army 1776 part 1

 

 Here we have the first part if my tribute to Sir William Howe's army in New York 1776.  In the background is Sir William himself with his staff and being distracted by Mrs Loring.

     The two British Grenadier battalions march by in review.  Nothing so noble as these       elite soldiers

                                   The Light Infantry battalions flanking the column.

  The 71st Highland Regiment marching pass.  Off to the side its commander has a theology discussion with the Rev. Runt.

Under the watchful eye of Lord Cornwallis the Brigade of Guards marches pass.  Formed from drafts from all three Guards regiments the Brigade consisted of two large infantry battalions with a Grenadier and a Light  company.  All soldiers heavily modified their uniforms for service in North America.  Five and Drum miniatures, who make all the Crown Forces here have done a outstanding job of accurately depicting the correct uniforms for the period.

Overhead view of the army passing by.

Our French Allies

 

Represented by Lauzun's Legion Hussars and Infantry.   Led by the great man himself the Legion makes a beautiful appearance with their beautiful uniforms.  

Civilians

 

I like to place little things around my table to liven it up.  Farm animals in the yard, ducks and geese by waterways.  That sort of thing.  I especially like to add small numbers of civilian figures.  You can use them to add color or as an objective.  One game I played in had each figure knowing some sort if information.  One figure knew when enemy reinforcements were entering.  Another could tell you where a hidden ford was.  Still another was the village idiot and gave out nonsense!  Great fun.

4th July parade

 

          A few more pictures of the American force under General Washington.

Colonel John  Glover's 14th Continental line Regiment.  Recruited from Marblehead Massachusetts.  The Regiment was made up of sailors and mariners.  Figures from Eureka Miniatures.

 The rest of Colonel Glover's brigade.  The 3rd, 13th and 26th Continental line Regiments.   Figures are from Brigade games.  

Colonel "Light Horse Harry" Lee's dragoons

Continental Artillery companies.  Captain Hamilton's New York company in buff and blue and Captain Procter's PA. Company in blue and red.

July 3rd Parade

 

  Set up a parade of some of my Continental Line.  Along a country road  reinforced brigade marches under the watchful eye of the Commander in Chief, some towns folks and some non interested sheep.   

Regiments include the 9th Continental (1st RI) and 11th Continental (2nd RI)  line battalions.

The 1st and 3rd New York, Smallwood's Maryland  and 19th Continental regiments.

Also an opportunity to show off my new roads from Wargames Terrain.  

I will post a few more Continental and Militia pictures tomorrow.  Then Sir William Howe's army the next day.

A Very Bad Day

 

Its a very dark day for our country.  I promised once to never post anything political.  Today, upset and horrified I will break my promise.  Back to more pleasant things tomorrow.