Saturday, February 1, 2020


Defending the BackCountry; 
Fort Frederick, Rangers & the Seven Years War 
    


January 29 - 31, 2021.   2pm -2pm.    Fort Frederick, MD

Objectives Based Tactical  • Immersive Garrison Conditions • Tiered Exertion Levels
Expanded, Interactive Fort Interpretation • Dedicated Opposition Foce

 Registration Is Open  
All Proceeds Benefit the Friends of Fort Frederick 501c3  

Click on the “event” tab for details. 

Alternate date in March TBD if Covid Restrictions continue.   
The 2021 Event will be Cancelled if conditions continue through March

Monday, October 28, 2019

2020 Event Update



Register now for the 2020 Event, A Reconnoitering Party.  

January 24th -26th. 2pm-2pm.  Fort Frederick State Park.

The 2020 Event will be conducted as a 48 hour tactical pitting multiple participant led 8-person Ranging Companies against each other in an evolving immersive scenario to benefit The Friends of Fort  Frederick and the  historic Fort Frederick State Park.

The event is capped at 24 participants.   Maryland Park Service Standards for Historic Weapons Use, site rules, and Event Clothing & Equipment Guidelines apply without exception.

For details or to register click the Event tab above or email info@schooloftheranger.org



Saturday, October 13, 2018

2019 Event Update


Register now To be Trained to the Woods-Service.

Registered participants in the immersive event will be trained in the mid century Partisan Methods of Marching, Retreating, Ambushing & Fighting, billeted in the barracks & issued rations.       Participants will also receive a 2019 Friends of Fort Frederick membership and be enrolled in the pre-event Participant Forum, dedicated to the source material documenting the tactics, skills & material culture of 18th C ranging. The military science & fieldcraft curriculum is formatted to assist incorporating these practices into participant portrayals, while the material culture subjects are examined by article, emphasizing documentation and current best practices.

New for 2019:   A dedicated opposition force, reconnoitering parties & skirmishes incorporating specific tactical & fieldcraft objectives, and a limited number of  “Half-Pay” slots for intereseted individuals unable to attend.   Half-Pay participant supporters will recieve 2019 FOFF membership, full access to the online Participant Forun, and a Prize Raffle ticket.

Click Here for event details & schedule.


For Prize Raffle info click here.




Sunday, July 29, 2018

Announcing A Major New Book

ON THE RANGERS OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1754-1764
From Canada to Georgia 
By Gary Zaboly and Timothy J. Todish
Illustrated by Gary Zaboly

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The earlier collaboration of Timothy J. Todish and Gary Zaboly, THE ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED JOURNALS OF MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS, published in 2002, remains in print. This new book will go much farther afield and cover not only Rogers' companies, but the British-allied rangers of every colony, as well as those of Canada's Maritime provinces. The concurrent conflicts with the Cherokees and the Indians of the Pontiac rising will also be included.  Many long-neglected ranger battalions and companies, such as the mounted troops of South Carolina and Georgia, and rangers elsewhere in the South, Middle Colonies, and the North, will receive equal attention, much of the narrative drawn from fresh research and heretofore unpublished documents. Many of these units will be illustrated for the first time. Other parts of the book will deal with the provincial and regular troops who served in the wilderness on ranger-like duty, and the Native Americans who also scouted and fought alongside their white counterparts.
There will also be an Appendix on ranger woodcraft, survival and fighting techniques, methods of building shelters in the forest, food eaten on the trail, weapons, clothing, concealment, and many other related subjects.

Be a part of this Project. If you are interested, please contact the artist/co-author at garyzaboly@aol.com or download the Prospectus here.
Thank you.


Wednesday, January 17, 2018

2018 Prize Raffle Final Call



Time is running out!  This is the Final Call to Purchase Raffle Tickets in support the Friends of Fort Frederick by post.  The List of Prizes in order of Drawing are:



The Lang Lyman Style Shot Pouch.
The Fiorillo Backwoods Hunting Pouch
The Wulff Series of Autographed Books
The DeJonge Custom Bonnet
The Leach Samois Style Folder
The Siedeman Haversack & Market Wallet Set
The Browder Leather Canteen

In addition to those prizes previously featured, the following items have been recently donated.  Decriptions on the blog to follow:

The Kobuck Tumpline
A Rare Copy of Sons of a Trackless Forest
The Kobuck Fingerwoven & Beaded Legties.


Ticket Requests  & Payment must be recieved by mail on or before Tuesday January 22nd. Late arrivals or payments after the tickets sell out will be returned uncashed after the event.   Availability updated nightly, Rules and Info posted here.   







Featured Sponsor: Longhunter Leather Company


Our next featured sponsor is Longhunter Leather Company.  Longhunter Leather Company generously donated one of their popular Leather Canteens. Their current catalog describe their canteens as follows:

Our canteens hold approx. 28 to 32 oz., dyed in Walnut med to a dark-brown, are fully lined with pure beeswax, have a hemp strap with leather tabs and stoppers carved out of sassafras or apple wood. They are very functional and durable, with proper care will serve to meet your historical reenacting or trekking needs.


For more information or to view their entire catalog, click here.


Featured Sponsor: The Corp of Light Troops

 Our next featured sponsor is  The Corp of Light Troops.  The Wisconsin based reenactment group generously donated the beautiful hand-sewn linen haversack and market wallet set featured in the photos.

The Corps of Light Troops reenacts British Light Infantry and Colonial Rangers of the F&I War and Pontiac's Uprising. Their current impressions include Tute's Company of Roger's Rangers, Balfour's Company of Gage's Light Infantry, and The 55th Regiment Company of Light Infantry.


For more information, or to contact The Corps of Light Troops, click the following link.