Tim Murphy is a legend among riflemen — a Frontier Partisan sharpshooter who, deploying his long rifle on October 7, 1777, turned the tide of the American Revolution. According to folklore that has accreted over a couple of centuries, Murphy — under direct orders from Colonel Daniel Morgan — climbed a tree during a heavy firefight at Bemis … [Read more...] about Tim Murphy And The Legendary Kill Shot

There are so many stories of frontiersmen covering prodigious amounts of territory under extreme duress that it’s become a trope — the stuff of cinematic drama. Mountain Man Hugh Glass’s ordeal was the basis for the Oscar-winning The Revenant. John Colter’s run for life from the Blackfeet was transposed into an African setting for The Naked … [Read more...] about Helmer’s Run

The scouts have been out and they’ve brought back valuable and actionable intel from the wild country. Deuce Richardson picked up the trail of G.W. Thomas by way of James Reasoner. Reasoner, a seasoned old scout if there ever was one, put Deuce on the trail: Author G.W. Thomas has started a new blog called NORTH-WEST ADVENTURES, all about … [Read more...] about Black West, White North

The frontiers of New York saw some of the most savage and intense irregular warfare of the American Revolution. Though it runs counter to deep-seated American stereotypes, the British forces were the most effective irregular Frontier Partisan fighters on those blood-soaked borders. The Revolutionary War in Upstate and Western New York was, like … [Read more...] about Rangers For The Crown

By Rick Schwertfeger, Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command, Austin, Texas “To the rear of the Whitley’s bomb bay lay a large metal tube, packed full of weaponry: 2 Stens, 14 Lugers, 640 rounds of ammo and 20 commando fighting knives – arms for Operation Grouse. The prospect of combat didn’t discomfit Einar Skinnarland greatly. But right … [Read more...] about They Did Nothing Less Than Save The World

The NRA’s American Rifleman this month contains a wonderful piece on the gunsmithing operation at Colonial Williamsburg. You can read it online here. I think of the classic long rifle as the American Ulfbehrt — and hold the makers of such weapons in the same esteem the Norsemen held the swordsmiths of yore. Which is to say, I am convinced … [Read more...] about Barrel From The Bar, Stock From The Tree

Things we love at Frontier Partisans: Forests, mountains and deserts; a good story; a good rifle; good music. Mostly, that means country music. No, HELL no! Not that packaged dreck on the radio — I’m talkin’ the real deal. The 100-proof stuff that is getting the Ken Burns treatment. Country Music will chronicle the history of a uniquely … [Read more...] about A ‘Wonderful Parade Of Sons And Daughters Of America’

Charles-Michael Mouet de Langlade was an all-time badass Frontier Partisan. When the simmering tensions between France and Great Britain erupted into the epic French & Indian War in 1754, he would prove himself to be France’s finest wilderness warrior, dueling with the legendary Rogers Rangers in the Lake George region and fighting in the … [Read more...] about Pickawillany Horror Story — Part II — Memeskia Goes Into The Pot

The Fur Trade was a deadly serious business. Interrogate the shade of Memeskia on that score. The Miami village leader led a rebellion against French commercial interests in the Ohio Country in the mid-18th Century, and, like some upstart who gets crossways with the Sinaloa Cartel, he paid for it in the most gruesome fashion. The hit on Memeskia … [Read more...] about Pickawillany Horror Story — Part I — Memeskia’s Rebellion