Rogers' Rangers
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Rogers' Rangers was a company of soldiers from the Province of New Hampshire raised by Major Robert Rogers and attached to the British Army during the French and Indian War. The unit was quickly adopt
Two soldiers of the unit conferring with a British Army sergeant in New York in 1760
Robert Rogers, the founding leader and namesake of Rogers' Rangers in a 1776 painting
Benjamin Church (ranger)
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Colonel Benjamin Church was a military officer and politician from the New England Colonies who is best known for his role in innovative military tactics notably developing unconventional warfare. He
Rogers' Rangers
…company. Rogers was inspired by colonial Frontiersman Ranger groups across North America and the teachings of unconventional warfare from Rangers such as Benjamin Church. Rogers trained and commanded his own rapidly deployable light infantry force, which was tasked mainly with reconnaissance and conducting special…
A posthumous illustration of Church; the tricorne is inaccurate.
1772 portrait of Metacomet
John Alderman and Church next to Metacomet's corpse
Engraved portrait by Paul Revere that was believed to be of Church. Yale University Art Gallery. The portrait has been identified as English poet Charles Churchill.