Quote Originally Posted by james a. husky View Post
"That was one of the things I found so fascinating as an 18th century reinactor. Once you have stood on a field and been on the receiving end of a full musket volly, even without any shot hitting your line, the impact is incredable! I can see how hard it was to stand and take that kind of punishment. We owe a great debt to all those who held the line."

I'm a member of the Lt. Col's Coy, 42nd Rgt of Ft. (as a Reenactor)... 7 Years War (F&I), and the War of the American Rebellion (RevWar). We have the honor and the awsome responsibility to portray and convey what the life of the average soldier was like to the general public.

The quest is to take the romance and fanfare out of the experience and get across the idea that these were real human beings whose sacrifices were driven by a variety of factors, who suffered the same passions and longings that we do as 21st century people.

I've always been told that we had family on both sides at Culloden Moor, and research has taken me back directly to the early 1760's in western Tennessee/Kentucky. A "Daddy John" may have been a realtive guiding the British line at Culloden, but research has yet to make an absolute connection.

Jim aka kiltiemon
Welcome Jim from a former Grenadier.