Legio Wargames

With my Sharp Practice War of 1812 campaign moving further to the west, I decided to paint up a troop of the Kentucky Mounted Rifles. They were very active in Michigan which had been under British control since the capture of Detroit in August 1812. Private Orlando Brown, who fought with the Kentucky Rifles, described their dress and accoutrements: "The Government did not equip the Kentucky volunteer in the rifle regiment. He furnished his own gun and his own clothes... Thi

The wonderful little museum at Rocroi has some interesting illustrations of flags carried by the combatants at the 1643 battle. As I am...