Gordon's Company is a Living History re-enactment group
based in the Mid-western U.S. The unit portrays a small
company of British Regulars on the American frontier in the
years before the Rebellion of 1775. The 60 th Regt.
participated in campaigns in The French & Indian War
(1754-'60) and the Indian Wars of 1763-'65, sometimes
called Pontiac's Rebellion. We participate in many
historical gatherings throughout the year, both Public and
private. In recent campaigns the group marched to such
far-flung parts of His Majesty King George II's empire as
Fort Loudoun in Tennessee, Fort DeChartres in Illinois,
Fort Niagara in New York and Fortress Louisbourg in Canada.
We also spend a couple of weekends each year hiking into
some Desolate mid-west forest with only our knapsacks and
our wits to keep us alive. Thank God for knapsacks!
We spend hours at each event practicing the Manual of
Arms and Musket Firing exercise as described in Sir
Humphrey Bland's 1753 Treatise of Military Discipline. Most
events include the standard re-enactment fare such as
parades & battle demonstrations. Gordon's Company
always throws in a few interpretational scenarios designed
to demonstrate the everyday experiences of the 18 th
century British soldier on the American frontier. These
vignettes may include such events as paycall, a change of
the guard, equipment inspection, and the ever-popular rum
ration. Cooking Victuals drawn from our haversacks over an
open fire is usually followed by an evening of Period
tunes. Sometimes we even sing in the same key.