ON THE COVER: Detail from
Watching, an original oil painting by Pamela Patrick White.
CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
11 Doin’ It Yourself The Old Man and the Bayonet —
T. C. Albert
21 Shooting the Bull Back to Rain-De-Voo — Mike Nesbitt
31 Cache of the Hollow Tree A Short History of Fortifications, Part I —
Tony Hunter
39 Dispatches from New England The Enemy Are Upon Us, The Battle of Hubbardton: Part II — Retreat to Hubbardton —
Vincent C. Spiotti
49 18th Century Traveler 2nd Virginia Regiment, Forbes 1758 Campaign: Part II —
Matt Wulff
57 On the Game Trail Flintlock Mule —
Clinton Epps
64 Unassuming Mastery: The Life and Work of Fred Anderson Riley —
Joshua Shepherd
77 The Frontier Economy —
Donald Wade Davis
84 7 Cla Masters • Then & Now—The John Bivins and Friends Rifle Set — 2023 Contemporary Longrifle Foundation Fundraising Raffle —
Mark Silver
97 “Pistols for Two & Champagne for One” A Brief Treatise of Dueling’s Rise & Fall in America, Part I —
Ted Franklin Belue
109 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 From the Bookshelf