From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Antebellum Infantry in California

April 5, 2008

Will Gorenfeld and George Stammerjohancopyright April 5, 2008 Artill’ry at a distance play,And troopers often clear the way—”A skirmish sharp, a pistol shotThe quick retreat in rapid trot;The foe advances, light and free;Who meets them now? The Infantry!Though other corps are dear to meYet most I prize the Infantry.The Infantry by Captain Barnard Bee (United [...]

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The Banshee’s Lonely Croon: Irish Dragoons

April 3, 2008

Irish troopers, who formed the backbone of the 1st Dragoons, were generally recent arrivals from Erin’s green shores. In the old country, these men, mostly of peasant stock, had been steeped in the lore of the realm of the supernatural. There was the “Evil Eye”, a silent, fixed stare that was believed to be fatal [...]

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