It is with the greatest lament and condolences that I must inform you all that one of the most loved members of the Massachusetts Provincial Battalion, John Timberlake of Ohio, passed away in his sleep on a business trip in a motel room March 8, 2011.  John was a member of the organization beginning since 1995!  John is survived by his wife Lori and two sons and a daughter.  His son Paul, who is a past member also of Bagley’s Regiment also called me to tell me the news.

In 1757 Robert Rodgers wrote a set of 28 rules for his Rangers to follow in conducting irregular warfare against the French and their Indian allies. These rules became a model for all the Ranger and Light Infantry units that followed in American military history. They are still taught to US Army Rangers today. In the Massachusetts Battalion, these rules are followed as operational guidelines by Partridge’s Light Infantry. After each rule we will translate them into modern terms and explain how they apply to our portrayal.

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Colonel Jonathan Bagley’s 3rd Massachusetts Regiment

By

Brenton C. Kemmer

In 1990, I had been participating in living history for over a dozen years.  I had started out portraying a fur trader of the 1830s and had moved into the colonial period portraying a French militiaman, Rogers’ Rangers and a grenadier and light infantryman of the 42 Regiment of Foot.  I was not satisfied in my reenacting and was looking for something that for myself and my son as he would grow up would be more gratifying for us and something that was not being portrayed; something new and exciting.

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