Signed Simcoe Queen's Rangers History Canada American Revolution Robert Rogers 

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Seller: catskilliana68 ✉️ (1,732) 100%, Location: Monticello, New York, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 164216561117 Signed Simcoe Queen's Rangers History Canada American Revolution Robert Rogers . IMPORTANT BOOK INFORMATION: Up for sale or best offer is a near fine copy of The Queen's Rangers in Upper Canada by Lt.-Col. H. M. Jackson. The book measures 4" x 6.5" and is bound in green cloth. Volume is signed to 1st Lieutenant J.T. Morgan by HM Jackson, May 9, 1958. 117 printed pages, 9 chapters, and 7 appendices. This is a very rare copy of this book inscribed and signed. Please review pictures that includes the table of contents.  CONDITION : Book measures 4" x 6.5" and is bound in green cloth. Tight/clean, slight wear to cloth boards and corners of book. Typical general wear nothing obtrusive.  OFFERS & SHIPPING: Please do not be shy in submitting an offer. We accept all kinds of offers. Sometimes we can oblige as long as you are in reason and if not then we can work to a fair price. We ship media mail & it comes with USPS tracking. All books are expertly packed to safeguard your purchase. If you'd like USPS priority please advise prior to purchase so that we can adjust the listing.  POLICIES: All sales are final. We do not allow returns so please read and ask questions about the item you are interested.  If you need more information or photos please advise.  Thank you for reading this listing and for your interest. Please check out our other listings.  ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Queen’s Rangers – First American RegimentRaised in 1756 – their Activities are a Cross Section of Canadian History.By H.M. Jackson , Captain, Queen’s RangersThe story of the Queen's Rangers, First American Regiment, Toronto infantry unit, is one in whichCanadians from coast to coast have a proprietary interest. Particularly is this true of Canadians whoseancestors were Loyalists. The story of the Regiment is a cross section of the history of Canada itself. Thisis true of no other Canadian unit.The Regiment took part in nearly every contest of the Seven Years War. It formed part of the battlepicture in almost all engagements and in scores of skirmishes in the American Revolution. It was one ofthe factors which loomed largest in the settlement of Upper Canada.The Queen's Rangers were once a part of the British regular army. They were never defeated in theRevolution. This fact has significance, because Canadians in general have suffered from a sense ofinferiority over the results of that struggle. The story of the Regiment is a drama of successes fromLouisburg to the Plains of Abraham in the Seven Years War, and from New York to Yorkton in theRevolution.For one hundred and seventy-five years the Rangers have moved through the events of the history of thecontinent, victorious always, and exerting an influence of strength and vigour upon their times. In thisportion of Ontario still live families descended from members of the Regiment - the Jarvises, the Powells,the Merritts, the McGills, the McNabs, and many more.Raised original1y in 1756 to take part in the Seven Years War, the Queen's Rangers consisted at first of acompany of scouts under one, Robert Rogers. Eleven companies were finally organized to act as the eyesand ears of the army. They took part in the operations of 1757 and assisted in the defence of Fort WilliamHenry in 1758. They were at Ticonderoga and later in that year several of the companies fought at thecapture of Louisburg. With Wolfe's army in 1759 they participated in the Battle of the Plains of Abrahamand in the capture of Quebec. The rest of the unit accompanied the army which took Ticonderoga andCrown Point.In the campaign of 1760, the former part of the unit fought at Ste. Foye, at the defence of Quebec andthen marched off with Murray's men to assist in the capture of Montreal. Other companies were present atthe capture of Forts St. John and Chambly.The journey of Rogers and two companies of the Regiment who were sent to receive the surrender ofDetroit and Michilimackinac was not the least of the exploits of the unit in the Seven Years War.After the outbreak of the American Revolution, Rogers was ordered in 1776 to raise the Queen's Rangersagain. At Marmaroneck, under Col. Rogers, they threw back a force of Americans. Early in 1776, Rogerswas succeeded by Major Wemyss, under whom the unit began that series of successes that ended onlywith the cessation of hostilities. Striking here and there at will, acting now as advance guard to the army,and in retirement as rear guard, the Regiment fought a number of independent actions. They are stories inthemselves, and space is lacking to Rive their details.For their part in the operations against Philadelphia, they were mentioned specially in Howe's despatches.At Brandywine they defeated two whole brigades of Americans. At Germantown they held the rightflank, helping to turn the retreat of the enemy into a rout.After Germantown, where Wemyss was wounded, they got a new commanding officer, Lieut. Col. JohnGraves Simcoe, later to be Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada.Their exploits from then on under that tactician and disciplinarian read like a novel. Now composed ofcavalry, artillery and infantry, they distinguished themselves further at the Battle of Monmouth. One oftheir greatest exploits was the destruction of Washington's barges on the Raritan, after defeating severalbodies of the enemy on the way. This jaunt, be it said, consisted of a march of eighty miles by the cavalryand thirty by the infantry through hostile country in one day and one night.In April, 1780, the unit was with Clinton at his capture of Charleston. In the meantime, the Queen'sRangers' Huzzars rode in the raid on Hooper-town and Newbridge and later in the taking ofElizabethtown. With Arnold up the James River the Regiment was hotly engaged and with the LoyalAmerican Regiment defeated a force of the enemy under Baron Steuben. They participated in the captureof Williamsburg. In this campaign they had not only the enemy with which to contend but lack of supplies and equipment. They frequently fought barefoot.At Spencer's Ordinary, Simcoe's men defeated a force of 1,200 of the enemy with La Fayette not faraway. When Simcoe learned that Cornwallis, hemmed in at Yorkton, had agreed to an armistice, he askedleave to fight his way out with his Regiment; but Cornwallis refused. The colors of the unit were notsurrendered, however. They were smuggled out and now repose in the College Street Library, Toronto.Late in 1872, the unit was enrol1ed in the British Army as a regular regiment. It was disbanded inOctober, 1783, many of the officers and most of the other ranks moving north into Nova Scotia andCanada.When in 1791, Simcoe was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, the Queen's Rangers wasreorganized. In Upper Canada the unit did pioneer service. When Simcoe chose York as the seat ofgovernment, they built the first buildings of the present Toronto, a system of roads about Kingston, Ont.,Dundas Street West from York, and Yonge Street north to Lake Simcoe.During the Rebellion of 1837, under Lieut.-Col. S. P. Jarvis, son of a former officer, they fought atMontgomery's Tavern and were in garrison at Toronto until July, 1838.And still the Regiment carries on the traditions, bearing the honours won in the French War, theRevolution and the Great War by its overseas battalions. Its uniform, buttons, badges and facingsare similar to those the old unit wore in the days of the Revolution. And be it said, its spirit is in no waydifferent.(NOTE: Members of the Association having records, muster-rolls, etc., of any of the LoyalProvincial Regiments, or whose ancestors served in any of the Loyal Provincial Regiments arerequested to communicate with the Convener, "Committee of the Loyal Provincial Regiments",United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, 609 National Building, Bay Street, Toronto,Ont.)As transcribed from The Loyalist Gazette, Vol. II, No. 1, February 1932
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Place of Publication: Montreal
  • Publisher: Industrial Shops for the Deaf
  • Modified Item: No
  • Subject: History
  • Year Printed: 1958
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Language: English
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition
  • Author: HM Jackson
  • Region: North America
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
  • Topic: Historical

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