May/June 2023

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