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Rogers' Rangers
Active 1755 – 1763
Country Great Britain
Allegiance British Crown
Branch Provincial Irregulars
Type Special Operations Light Infantry
Role Conducting unconventional or special Light Infantry operations
Size Nine companies
Garrison/HQ Fort William Henry (1755 – 1757)
Rogers Island (1757 – 1763)
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Major Robert Rogers
Lieutenant John Stark

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History

Rogers' Rangers was a colonial militia that fought for the Kingdom of Great Britain during the French and Indian War. The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The French and Indian War (1754&ndash1763 was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. Commanded by Major Robert Rogers they operated primarily in the Lake George and Lake Champlain regions of New York. Robert Rogers ( 7 November, 1731 &ndash 18 May, 1795) was an American colonial Frontiersman. Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long narrow Lake at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, northern New York Lake Champlain (French lac Champlain) is a natural freshwater Lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The unit was formed during the severe winter of 1755 by provincial forces entrenched at Fort William Henry. The British Fort William Henry on the shores of Lake George, New York (NY was built during the French and Indian War ( 1754 - The Rangers frequently undertook winter raids against French towns and military emplacements, travelling on crude snowshoes and across frozen rivers. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Never fully respected by the British regulars, Rogers' Rangers were one of the few non-Indian forces able to operate in the inhospitable region due to the harsh winter conditions and mountainous terrain.

On January 21, 1757, at the First Battle of the Snowshoes, Rogers' force of 74 rangers ambushed and captured seven Frenchmen near Fort Carillon but then encountered about a hundred French and Canadian militia and Ottawa Indians from the Ohio Country. The Battle on Snowshoes refers to two separate military engagements during the French and Indian War. Fort Ticonderoga is a large Eighteenth-century Fort built at a strategically important narrows in Lake Champlain where a short traverse gives access The Ohio Country (sometimes called the Ohio Territory) was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains After taking casualties, Rogers' force retreated. In their reports, the French noted that they were at a tactical disadvantage, being without snowshoes and 'floundering in snow up to their knees,'[1] and Rogers' Rangers were fortunate in being able to maintain positions on the high ground and behind large trees. [1] According to Francis Parkman Ranger casualties were 14 killed and 6 captured, with 48 returning unharmed and 6 returning wounded. Francis Parkman ( September 16, 1823 &ndash November 8, 1893) was an American historian best known as author of The Oregon Trail The French-consisting of 89 Regulars and 90 Canadians and Indians-had 37 killed and wounded. [2] and possibly one additional casualty (One wounded and captured Ranger, who was later exchanged, claimed to have killed one of the captured Frenchmen after the Rangers were ambushed; it is unclear if this was the fate of the other captured ones as well. )

After British forces surrendered Fort William Henry in August 1757, the Rangers were stationed on Rogers Island near Fort Edward. The Battle of Fort William Henry was General Montcalm 's siege and capture of the British held Fort William Henry in August 1757 Rogers Island is an island on the Hudson River, in Washington County, New York, that once formed part of the third largest City in colonial North This allowed the Rangers to train and operate with more freedom than the regular forces.

On March 13, 1758, at the Second Battle of the Snowshoes, Rogers' Rangers ambushed a French-Indian column and, in turn, were ambushed by enemy forces. The Battle on Snowshoes refers to two separate military engagements during the French and Indian War. The Rangers lost 125 men in this encounter, as well as eight men wounded, with 52 surviving. One reference reports casualties of the Regulars, who had volunteered to accompany the Rangers, at 2 captured and 5 killed. Of Rogers' Rangers, 78 were captured and 47 killed and missing (of whom 19 were captured). [3] Rogers estimated 100 killed and nearly 100 wounded of the French-Indian forces; however, the French listed casualties as total of ten Indians killed, seventeen wounded and three Canadians wounded. [4]

Robert Rogers himself was originally reported by the French to have been killed in the second Snowshoe Battle, which in fact was not true. This report stemmed from the manner of Rogers’ escape during which he discarded some of his belongings, including his regimental coat, which contained his military commission. This episode also gave rise to the famous legend about Robert Rogers’ sliding 400 feet down the side of a mountain to the frozen surface of Lake George. While there is no proof of this event, the rockface he supposedly went down has become known as 'Rogers' Slide' or 'Rogers Rock. '[5]

On July 7-8, 1758 Rogers Rangers took part in Battle of Carillon. The Battle of Carillon was fought at Fort Carillon (later known as Fort Ticonderoga) on the shore of Lake Champlain on what was then the border between

On July 27, 1758 between Fort Edwards and Half-Way Brook 300 Indians and 200 French/Canadians under Captain St. Luc ambushed a convoy in which the English lost 116 killed {including 16 Rangers} and 60 captured. [6]

On August 8, 1758 near Crown Point, New York an English force of Rangers, light infantry and provincials was ambushed by a French-Canadian-Indian force of 450 under Captain Marin. Crown Point is a Town in Essex County, New York, USA. The population was 2119 at the 2000 census In this action, Major Israel Putnam was captured. Israel Putnam ( January 7, 1718 &ndash May 29, 1790) was an American army General who fought with distinction at the Battle Francis Parkman reports that the English fatalities were 49 and that the enemy killed were ". Francis Parkman ( September 16, 1823 &ndash November 8, 1893) was an American historian best known as author of The Oregon Trail . more than a hundred. . ". Likewise Rogers claimed English losses were 33 and that the enemy had losses of 199. However another source[7] reports that the French casualites were 4 Indians and 6 Canadians killed and 4 Indians and 6 Canadians {including an officer and a cadet} wounded.

During 1759, the Rangers were involved in one of their most famous operations: They were ordered to destroy the Indian settlement of Saint-Francis in Quebec from which attacks on British settlements were frequently being launched. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Saint-François-du-Lac Quebec is a Community in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Rogers led a force of two-hundred rangers from Crown Point, New York, deep into French territory. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Following the October 3, 1759 attack and successful destruction of Saint-Francis, Rogers' force ran out of food during their retreat back through the rugged wilderness of northern Vermont. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Once the Rangers reached a safe location along the Connecticut River at the abandoned Fort Wentworth, Rogers left them encamped, and returned a few days later with food, and relief forces from Fort at Number 4 now Charlestown, New Hampshire the nearest English town. The Connecticut River is the largest River in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border Fort Wentworth was built by order of Benning Wentworth in 1755 The Fort at Number 4 was the northernmost English settlement along the Connecticut River in New Hampshire until after the French and Indian War Charlestown is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. In the raid on Saint-Francis, Rogers claimed 200 enemies were killed, leaving 20 women and children to be taken prisoners, of whom he took 5 children prisoners; however, the French record that only 30 were killed including 20 women and children. [8]. According to Francis Parkman Ranger casualites in the attack were 1 killed and 6 wounded; however in the retreat, 5 were captured from one band of Rangers and nearly all in another party of about 20 Rangers were killed or captured. Francis Parkman ( September 16, 1823 &ndash November 8, 1893) was an American historian best known as author of The Oregon Trail [9] One source alleges that of about 204 Rangers, allies and observers, only about 100 returned. [10]

At the end of the war, the Rangers were given the task of taking command of Detroit from the French forces on behalf of the British crown. After the war most of the Rangers returned to civilian life. In 1763 a unit of the Rogers' Rangers who were formed into the 80th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) (1758-1764) were ambushed at the Devil's Hole Massacre during Pontiac's Rebellion. The Battle of Devil's Hole, also known as the Devil's Hole Massacre, was fought on September 14, 1763, between a detachment of the British 80th Pontiac's Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by North American Indians who were dissatisfied with British policies in the Great Lakes region after

At the outbreak of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord, former Rangers were among the Minutemen firing at the British. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Minutemen were members of teams of select men from the American colonial militia during the American Revolutionary War. After these events, Robert Rogers offered his help to the commander of the Colonial Army, George Washington. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Washington refused, fearing that Rogers was a spy because Rogers had just returned from a long stay in England. Rogers was infuriated by this and did indeed join the British--forming the Queen's Rangers (1776) and later the King's Rangers. The Queen's Rangers was a military unit who fought on the Loyalist side during the American War of Independence. The King's Rangers was a British provincial military unit raised for service during the American Revolutionary War.

The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) of the Canadian Army claim to be descended from James Rogers of Rogers' Rangers. The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment (RCAC is a Canadian Forces reserve Regiment based in Toronto and Aurora James Rogers (c 1726 – September 23, 1790) was born to James and Mary Rogers in Ireland and they immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1729 Also claiming descent from Rogers' Rangers is the 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery of Michigan and the U.S. Army Rangers. The United States Army Rangers or simply Army Rangers are specialized elite American light infantry and Special operations troops

In popular culture

The historical novel Northwest Passage (1937), by American author Kenneth Roberts, gave great verisimilitude to the events of Rogers' Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Northwest Passage is a Historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937. Kenneth Lewis Roberts ( December 8, 1885 – July 21, 1957) was an American author of historical novels Verisimilitude in its literary context is defined as the fact or quality of being verisimilar the appearance of being true or real likeness or resemblance of the truth reality or a fact’s The Abenaki ( or Abnaki) are a Tribe of Native American and First Nations people belonging to the Algonquian peoples Francis. The first half of the novel was later adapted to film called Northwest Passage (1940). Northwest Passage is a 1940 film in Technicolor, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey

During the Second World War, the U.S. Army was interested in the tactics of the British Commando units, which by then had a couple of years of experience, and wanted similar special operations forces of their own. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The British Commandos were first formed by the British Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well-armed but non-regimental raider force employing unconventional Recalling this colonial unit, they took the name "Rangers" as the official title; these units consider Rogers their founding father and distribute copies of Rogers' Rangers Standing Orders to all aspiring Ranger students. The United States Army Rangers or simply Army Rangers are specialized elite American light infantry and Special operations troops The 28 "Rules of Ranging" are a series of rules and guidelines originally created by Major Robert Rogers in 1757, during the French and Indian

A more recent book, White Devil - A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America, by Steven Brumwell (ISBN 0-306-81389-0, Da Capo Books, 2005), contains an historical analysis of the St. François raid and ensuing controversy.

In 2002, Mind Lab Films produced a Documentary about Robert Rogers and his Rangers entitled "The Battle On Snowshoes. " The film is available through Heritage Books.

Rogers' Rangers were depicted in the 2005 game Age of Empires 3, from Ensemble Studios, in which they are a type of light infantry mercenary. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Age of Empires III (also called AOE III) is a real-time strategy (RTS game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Originally founded as an independent developer in 1995 Ensemble Studios has been a Microsoft -owned developer since 2001

Notable members

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Adventures in the Wilderness; Edward P. Robert Rogers ( 7 November, 1731 &ndash 18 May, 1795) was an American colonial Frontiersman. James Rogers (c 1726 – September 23, 1790) was born to James and Mary Rogers in Ireland and they immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1729 John Stark ( August 28, 1728 &ndash May 8, 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American General Jonathan Moulton ( July 21, 1726 - September 18, 1787) was to play an important role in the early history of New Hampshire This article is about the New Hampshire state senator For his grandson the U Israel Putnam ( January 7, 1718 &ndash May 29, 1790) was an American army General who fought with distinction at the Battle Moses Hazen ( June 1, 1733 &ndash February 5, 1803) was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the See William Stark (physician for researcher into Scurvy and Vitamin C. Hamilton, ed. and trans. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964)
  2. ^ Francis Parkman
  3. ^ Mary Cochrane Rogers, Battle of the Snowshoes, [1]
  4. ^ New York State, The Battle on Snowshoes, March 1758
  5. ^ Lake George Historical Association - Roger's Slide
  6. ^ Indiana archives
  7. ^ Indiana archives page 122
  8. ^ Roger's Raid according to the research of Gordon Day
  9. ^ Francis Parkman
  10. ^ Spring Camporee 2005 –

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