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Wyeth purchased the buttons to be included in his inventory of goods for sale in the Columbia River Region (now the border between Oregon and Washington States) where Wyeth hoped his business would successfully compete with the Hudson's Bay Company. [2] It is still not fully documented how and when phoenix buttons ended up in California. There ...
On 30 April 1782, the War Office notified Sir Guy Carleton, Commander in Chief of British forces in North America, that due to the death of Lieutenant General Fraser, the two battalions of the 71st were to be formed into two distinct units, the 71st Regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas Stirling of the 42nd Regiment, and the Second 71st Regiment under the command of the Earl of ...
This was common practice during the war for both sides in the conflict. The regulation infantry buttons for enlisted men described the button as to have a number on the front to reflect the unit designation; for example, a soldier in the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment would have a "1" on the buttons of his coat.
In 1793 the members of the regiment were re-designated as marines for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. [2] In that capacity the regiment was sent to garrison Dominica in 1794. [ 2 ] After returning to England in 1796, the regiment was sent to Ostend in 1798 to take part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in August 1799 and saw ...
Butler's Rangers (1777–1784) was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by American loyalist John Butler.Most members of the regiment were Loyalists from upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania.
The 1st battalion saw action at the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807 during the Gunboat War. [7] It embarked for Portugal in early August 1808 for service in the Peninsular War [ 8 ] and saw action at the Battle of Roliça in August 1808, [ 9 ] the Battle of Vimeiro later that month [ 10 ] and the Battle of Corunna in January 1809 as well as ...