Were there other militias besides Ethan Allen's famous "Green Mt.
Boys," from the Vermont area fighting during the first years of the
American Revolution? If so, where could I obtain information about
their uniforms (if they had any!) and their activities during 1775-6? |
Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
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24 Jan 2006 09:50 PST
As for the first part of your question I have found references to
other militia but little in the way of activity and nothing in the way
of uniforms. Would you like me to identify as many of these groups as
I can for you as an answer, keepin in mind that there weren't a great
many of them?
tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
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24 Jan 2006 10:03 PST
I have since found a photo of authentic reactor's of one of the
Militias in uniform if you decide to acept my information as an
answer. The source also includes some very useful information about
this unit's activities and unit's organizational structure.
tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
24 Jan 2006 10:29 PST
Please disregard. After researching these units further it appears
that they are all somewhat later than the dates you specified. Your
question remains open.
tutuzdad-ga
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Clarification of Question by
pollywog-ga
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27 Jan 2006 10:23 PST
Dear tutuzdad,
Thank you for a valiant effort - I am still hoping to find information
on any Vt. militias active in the summer of 1775- spring of 1776. It
may be the Green Mt. Boys were the only "organized" group fighting
from that area at that time...You may have come across the rangers who
were organized a year later...
Best,
pollywog
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
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27 Jan 2006 10:31 PST
Indeed it seems that the Green Mountin Boys were for forerunner of
Vermont's Militia in that time frame:
"The Green Mountain Boys later formed the basis of the Vermont militia
which selected Seth Warner as its leader."
GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS
http://www.answers.com/topic/green-mountain-boys
Is the absence of any other militias a good answer?
tutuzdad-ga
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Clarification of Question by
pollywog-ga
on
27 Jan 2006 11:40 PST
Dear Tutuzdad,
Well, if that's the right answer. Unfortunately, I don't live anywhere
near the NE where I could go rooting around and dig up my own answers
and find out for sure. I'd like to keep the answer open for a while
longer and see if anyone else nibbles and knows something about Vt.
militias that we don't. If no one offers any further information in
the next week or so, I'll officially accept your answer. Thanks again.
Pollywog
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
27 Jan 2006 12:18 PST
Very good. In the meantime I will continue to look in the event there
is something I might have missed.
Regards;
tutuzda-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
30 Jan 2006 06:48 PST
I have conducted many hours of research into your question for several
days now and have found no verifieable evidence whatsoever that there
were any named or known militias in Vermont during the time period you
specified other than Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys.
How shall we proceed?
tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
30 Jan 2006 08:16 PST
While you folks are considering your next move, I'd just like to
comment on some resources that may be useful to you both, if you
haven't come across them already:
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;xc=1;q1=vermont;q2=history;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=works;rgn1=citation;rgn2=citation;rgn3=citation;view=image;cc=moa;seq=00000001;idno=AJA2019.0001.001;didno=AJA2019.0001.001
Title: The history of Vermont, from its discovery to its admission
into the Union in 1791. By Hiland Hall.
Author: Hall, Hiland, 1795-1885.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&xc=1&idno=aja2018.0001.001&q1=vermont&q2=history&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=5Title:
Ethan Allen and the Green-Mountain heroes of '76. With a sketch of the
early history of Vermont. By Henry W. De Puy ...
Author: De Puy, Henry W. (Henry Walter), 1820-1876.
If nothing else, these books are notable for the really unpleasant
portrait of Ethan Allen -- was he really that unappealing-looking...?
Both books are fully searchable, and in a cursory look through them, I
must agree with tutuzdad -- I did not see any references to organized
militia in Vermont prior to the Green Mountain Boys planning to invade
Canada, or whatever it was they were doing up there.
Best of luck on this one,
pafalafa-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
30 Jan 2006 08:21 PST
Thanks for those links. He was a rather grotesque looking chap wasn't he?
http://www.nndb.com/people/297/000049150/allen80.jpg
tutuzdad-ga
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Clarification of Question by
pollywog-ga
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30 Jan 2006 08:54 PST
Dear tutuzdad,
Thanks for all your hard work. I accept your answer.
Pollywog
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Clarification of Question by
pollywog-ga
on
30 Jan 2006 09:05 PST
Dear tutuzdad,
Hm, I can't seem to find a way to officially accept your answer except
to tell you. Maybe there's something you can do on your end - I'm not
familiar enough with this service. I think the system thinks we're
still in the clarification stage and isn't giving me the option to
click on something to accept your answer. Anyway, I'm happy to pay up
if you know how I can from here!
pollywog
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