Back to the AWI - 2 New Hampshire Regiment

 This week I have painted up the 12 figures assigned to the penultimate unit of my AWI collection. Regular readers will recall I impulsively bought some partial sprues of Warlord (ex Wargames Factory) figures on a local website) To these, I was able to add a few left-over Perry figures, so that I ended up with 24 in total, enough to make two regiments of 12 figures each.

Having seen, and liked the look of, Peter's (Blunders on the Danube blog), I unashamedly decided to copy him! 

Peter also provided some historical background, so I copied that too - not his version, I hasten to add, this is all from HISTORY of the 2nd NH | cherryscompany2ndnh   

The 2nd NH Regiment was one of three regiments raised in New Hampshire as part of the Continental (United States) Army. These troops were separate from the thousands of militia troops raised in NH, serving instead as part of the regular army of which George Washington was the overall commander.

The regiment was raised in May 1775, though comprised mostly of 'minute companies' and other militia companies which had already been formed and organized prior to the Battles of Concord & Lexington.

While most militia units served for limited campaigns from 3 weeks to 6 months, those of the Continental Army typically served from 3 years or even for the duration of the war.

The regiment continued to serve with noted distinction as part of the NH Brigade through some of the most celebrated campaigns of the war and endured some of it's worst hardships.

 Among their years of service, the 2nd NH Regiment took part in the following campaigns and battles:

*The Siege of Boston - June 1775 to March 1776

*Arnold's March to Quebec and the Assault on the City - Fall and winter of 1775 (volunteers from the NH brigade were formed into a company under the command of Capt. Henry Dearborn).

*Retreat from Canada - Spring 1776 (members of Dearborn's Co.)

* Battle of Trois Rivieres - 1776

*Occupation and Fortification of Ft. Ticonderoga & Mt. Independence - Spring to autumn 1776

*Battle of Trenton - 1776

*2nd Battle of Trenton - 1777

*Battle of Princeton - 1777

*Encampment at Morristown - 1777

*Defense of Ft. Ticonderoga & Mt. Independence - spring to summer 1777

*Battle of Hubbardton - 1777

*Battle of Freeman's Farm (Saratoga) - 1777

*Battle of Bemis Heights (Saratoga) - 1777

*Encampment at Valley Forge - 1778

*Battle of Monmouth - 1778

*Sullivan's Expedition through PA - 1779

*Battle of Newtown - 1779

*Encampment at West Point & Hudson Highlands - 1780

*Lafayette's Expedition through VA (2nd NH LI Company under temporary command of Capt. Rowell) - Spring and Summer of 1781

*Siege of Yorktown and Assault on Redoubt No. 10 (by several NH companies serving as light infantry) - 1781

*Campaign against Loyalists and Natives in Upper State NY - 1782

2nd NH combined with the 1st NH (which already had merged with the 3rd NH) to become the NH Regiment, serving to the end of the war - 1783

Its an attractive uniform of light blue coats, faced in red

Now the flag is going to be controversial because in the middle of the week, I asked Co Pilot AI to show me one, and this is what it did. 

I just did exactly the same thing now - and it came up with a completely different, more traditional answer!

So, because I liked the look of the one I already printed off and added to the pole - I am going to "Ridley Scott" it- the flag stays as is!

The last regiment will be 18th Mass for the simple reason that their uniform is different from any of the others I have painted thus far!

Today, Good Friday already here in New Zealand, Ruth and I went for a short walk at a local "reserve" 

The pictures are actually from a previous occasion we visited back in February, but the weather today is basically exactly the same as in these image

Our house is about 3-4km back up this road

We saw quite a few different "mushrooms"

Me doing a Matt!

As the small hill is a Pa site, there is some kind of Māori stone carving in amongst the undergrowth at the top of it