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    El Regimiento de la Luisiana-Vol 1
    El Regimiento de la Luisiana-Vol 1
    El Regimiento de la Luisiana-Vol 1
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    El Regimiento de la Luisiana-Vol 1

    By A. J. Osorio

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    The first of a four volume series, designed as a practical reenactors guide for recreating a regiment of the American Revolution. Written by a 12-year reenactor; descriptions of the origin of regiment’s region include the Bernardo de Gálvez Gulf campaigns. Essential reading for living history projects. Included is a chronology of events; numerous illustrations and locations for research.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. J. Osorio
    Release dateJan 9, 2011
    ISBN9781452423883
    El Regimiento de la Luisiana-Vol 1
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    A. J. Osorio

    Graduation from New York University led to a career in education. An M.A., supported by graduate work (Hofstra), and a doctoral program (CUNY), concluded my formal education. Old books, museums and musty libraries fascinated me. I wanted to bring my findings to life.I discovered a path to the past through living history. While a 12-year member of the Brigade of the American Revolution (1975-1986), I recreated el Regimiento de la Luisiana, which became a practical basis for writing.During the American Bicentennial, my group demonstrated from Canada to Florida. As reenactment-commander, I accepted the surrender of British colors at San Augustine. During my tenure, I participated in instructional exercises on the life and times of common Revolutionary War soldiers at the U.S. Military Academy. I received the prestigious Sons of the American Revolution medal. Research on the Bourbon Family’s role in the Americas triggered travels in Latin America, and Europe.I joined the Kingdom of Spain’s cultural effort to publicize its role during the American Revolution; participated in PBS and; Hollywood films (Sweet Liberty); and worked successfully for the issuance of a Bernardo de Gálvez Stamp.In Arizona, after horseback riding on the Gila River, where de Gálvez ventured, my ‘sketches’ twisted—nonfiction became historical fiction; then came the Journalist of the Magdalena Series, a saga of a family challenged with political upheavals, a border war, and drug expansion as they pioneer aviation.Why fiction? “Fiction, when presented with well-defined characters and plots, best pulls another time from dormant dusty pages and drawings.”Memberships included: Arizona Author’s, Company of Military Historians, Hispanic Society of America, NRA, Romance Writers of America, and Southwest Valley Writers.Past-time: rainforest travelsAuthors: Jeff Shaara, John Jakes, Thomas Fleming, Gary JenningsNext novel: The Eagles of the Sierra Madre

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      El Regimiento de la Luisiana-Vol 1 - A. J. Osorio

      El Regimiento de la Luisiana:

      A description of the

      Colonial Spanish Regiment,

      1777-1781

      with their Manual of Arms of 1768

      Alfred J. Osorio

      Editing and translation by the author

      Folder 1

      (Four Folders)

      Smashwords Edition for e-books

      El Regimiento de la Luisiana: A description of the colonial Spanish Regiment,

      1777-1781 with their Manual of Arms of 1768

      Copyright 2002, 2008 by Alfred J. Osorio

      All rights reserved

      January 2011

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Osorio, Alfred

      Volume I

      1. Military history. 2. Spain. 3. 1700s

      ISBN: 978-1-4524-2388-3

      Produced in the United States of America

      In four volumes (folders)

      Forward

      This work is for the purpose of education, and may serve as a manual of instruction designed for reenactors in an effort to maintain safety, authenticity, and historical pageantry. El Regimiento de la Luisiana: A description of the Colonial Spanish Regiment—1777-1781 with their Manual of Arms of 1768 is a Reenactor’s guide of an American Revolutionary War battalion that goes beyond the cited years.

      Although, at the time of the first writing, I was a doctoral candidate at the City University of New York, familiar with research, but this work is not meant as a scholarly historical endeavor. The almost 100-footnotes, 14-pages of archival sources and suggested readings gives some depth to the work. There’s referral information—archives, libraries and Internet website connections for those who wish to venture further with their impression of the life and times of Spanish soldiers in the late Eighteenth Century. The included soldier’s manual is for Rev War buffs, and serious hobbyists, and reveals much of my first-hand involvement with the Bicentennial years, of a recreated el Regimiento de la Luisiana. I was a 12-year member of a nationally recognized reenactment/living history organization. If one wishes to recreate another unit, this manual holds true, and there is a list of regimental flag designs for new groups to rally around. Beyond weapons, are descriptions of uniforms with Reenactors Notes. I include the Notes, not from the perspective of a sometimes participant, who did two or three events a year, but one who during the Bicentennial years did as many as four events a month. Those events were not with a dozen or so others; we had hundreds of participants! As a member of three other units: Huntington Militia, Third New York and French Gatinois, I learned three manual of arms giving some contrast with the one Spain used in the 1776, and they helped in my English translation from the original Spanish. It’s one of the few of its kind with illustrations, and was officially recognized by the Brigade of the American Revolution during the late 1970s. It is my opinion that those who are proficient with their regimental drill use are safe, serious and authentic re-enactors, and true students of the craft. After this read, if nothing new is learned, then this work has failed as an educational source.

      I have focused on one military battalion—el Regimiento Fijo de la Infantería de la Luisiana because during the American Bicentennial era (1974-1986) I founded and commanded its revival for years. A number of writings are about, but they are only verbal descriptions. I’ve included numerous illustrations from the 1974-1986. These, my own, and those of others, were joined with many from public domain, and together gave another dimension of la Luisiana.

      The understanding of the period cannot overlook the leadership of Don Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid. In the final quarter of the last century—the Twentieth Century—a number of articles, both popular and scholarly

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