James L Kochan spent nearly two decades as a museum director and curator, principally with the US National Park Service and Army Museum System, and most recently at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. Two years ago he formed his own antiques business and historical consultancy, including film and television technical advisory work, which is based at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The co-author of Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865, he has written innumerable articles and has organised important exhibitions, including Treasures from Mount Vernon: George Washington Revealed.David Rickman is the exhibits co-ordinator for the Delaware state parks system and freelance illustrator specialising in historical and ethnographic subjects. His works are in the collections of the National Park Service, parks Canada and various other museums and historic sites. The son of a US Navy aviator, Mr Rickman grew up in California, has lived in Japan and now lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Deborah.

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• The 1782 RegulationsDisbandment of Army, 1783First American Regiment, 1784-86Harmar's expedition, 1790St Clair's massacre, 1791Wayne's Legion, 1792-94The Provisional Army, 1797-1800Harrison at Tippecanoe, 1811

James L Kochan spent nearly two decades as a museum director and curator, principally with the US National Park Service and Army Museum System, and most recently at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. Two years ago he formed his own antiques business and historical consultancy, including film and television technical advisory work, which is based at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The co-author of Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865, he has written innumerable articles and has organised important exhibitions, including Treasures from Mount Vernon: George Washington Revealed.David Rickman is the exhibits co-ordinator for the Delaware state parks system and freelance illustrator specialising in historical and ethnographic subjects. His works are in the collections of the National Park Service, parks Canada and various other museums and historic sites. The son of a US Navy aviator, Mr Rickman grew up in California, has lived in Japan and now lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Deborah.

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• The 1782 RegulationsDisbandment of Army, 1783First American Regiment, 1784-86Harmar's expedition, 1790St Clair's massacre, 1791Wayne's Legion, 1792-94The Provisional Army, 1797-1800Harrison at Tippecanoe, 1811

James L Kochan spent nearly two decades as a museum director and curator, principally with the US National Park Service and Army Museum System, and most recently at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. Two years ago he formed his own antiques business and historical consultancy, including film and television technical advisory work, which is based at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The co-author of Don Troiani's Soldiers in America, 1754-1865, he has written innumerable articles and has organised important exhibitions, including Treasures from Mount Vernon: George Washington Revealed.David Rickman is the exhibits co-ordinator for the Delaware state parks system and freelance illustrator specialising in historical and ethnographic subjects. His works are in the collections of the National Park Service, parks Canada and various other museums and historic sites. The son of a US Navy aviator, Mr Rickman grew up in California, has lived in Japan and now lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Deborah.

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• The 1782 RegulationsDisbandment of Army, 1783First American Regiment, 1784-86Harmar's expedition, 1790St Clair's massacre, 1791Wayne's Legion, 1792-94The Provisional Army, 1797-1800Harrison at Tippecanoe, 1811