BRITAINS SOLDIERS CLASH OF EMPIRES 16128 Mile’s Pennsylvania State Rifle Reg.

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A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!!!\n\nFOR COLLECTORS OF 14 YEARS +, THIS IS A DETAILED SCALE MODEL PRODUCED BY WILLIAM BRITAINS (FAMOUS FOR YEARS OF PRODUCING METAL \""TOY\"" SOLDIERS).\n\nBRAND NEW IN BOX16128 - Art of War, Mile\u2019s Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment, 1776\nSamuel Miles (1739\u20131805) was appointed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on 13 March 1776 to be colonel of the rifle regiment \u201Cformed for the defense of Pennsylvania proper.\u201D Miles\u2019s state regiment consisted of two battalions of riflemen, each commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The regiment joined the flying camp at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, sometime in July 1776, and by 12 August it was in New York. At the Battle of Long Island on 27 August, the regiment was cut off by Hessian troops, and many of its officers and men, including Miles, were taken prisoner. In spite of his vigorous efforts to be exchanged, Miles remained a prisoner until April 1778. Ba;