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Thursday, 10 March 2011

Recently painted No 17 - Johnson's Kentucky Mounted Volunteers 1812

Under the command of "Old Tippecanoe" William Henry Harrison, a Kentucky regiment of mounted riflemen led by Colonel Richard M. Johnson marched one hundred miles to conquer General Henry A. Proctor's British Regulars at Ontario, Canada, in the Battle of Thames on October 5, 1813. William Henry Harrison, at the time territorial governor of Indiana, received his commission as a Major General of the Kentucky Militia from the Kentucky General Assembly. Richard M. Johnson is credited with killing the great Indian war chief Tecumseh during the battle, he would go on to serve as Vice-President of the United States (1837-1841) under President Martin Van Buren.  The figures are from Minifigs painted for Posties collection by my good self. Hope you like them!!



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16 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker10 March 2011 at 20:39

    Nice painting Ray and good information.

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  2. Paul´s Bods10 March 2011 at 20:56

    Tiny!!! Well painted mate...a nice little formation
    Cheers
    Paul

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  3. baxxman10 March 2011 at 21:01

    Well done. Is a small army already!

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  4. Unknown10 March 2011 at 21:45

    awesome paintjob

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  5. MiniMike10 March 2011 at 22:06

    Interesting unit. I like them!

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  6. G10 March 2011 at 23:39

    cool info...

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  7. Beccas11 March 2011 at 01:01

    Great stuff. An unusal unit.

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  8. Ray Rousell11 March 2011 at 01:35

    Cheers for the comments guys!!

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  9. Luckyjoe11 March 2011 at 03:47

    Great paint job. I like the variety of the horses and these are very cleanly detailed.

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  10. Kicking Rocks11 March 2011 at 04:14

    looks like a nice little army.

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  11. BigLee11 March 2011 at 08:40

    Nice painting as always. Like the bases by the way... good basing makes a model.

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  12. peter11 March 2011 at 12:29

    Great "little" unit Ray ;-)

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  13. Patti D.11 March 2011 at 12:54

    Great job, it looks amazing.

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  14. Bart11 March 2011 at 18:42

    fuck year the cavalry is here!

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  15. mekelnborg12 March 2011 at 07:30

    Tippecanoe itself is about an hour southeast of Chicago and worth a couple hours' stop off the interstate.

    It was that same Tecumseh mentioned here who placed the zero-year curse on American Presidents, which worked on WH Harrison himself first, several others such as JFK, and most recently on Reagan. So far.

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  16. Ray Rousell12 March 2011 at 14:39

    Very interesting?? I've not heard of that curse, I'll google it to find out more. Wonder who's next??
    Cheers
    Ray

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