Gigantic Serjeant in Boston

 Boston Harbor at the cusp of an 18th-century dusk, where the warm hues of the setting sun cast a soft glow over the serene waters. The horizon is a canvas of fiery oranges and purples, blending seamlessly with the historic skyline. Tall-masted sailing ships, their sails partially furled, rest...

Major Clephane's Road Clearing Detachment, Sep. 1758

General Jeffrey Amherst, having arrived with troops at Boston, Massachusetts on 12 September 1758, and commanding from headquarters at Springfield two weeks later, ordered Major James Clephane, the light infantry of Colonel Fraser's 78th Regiment, and 200 local pioneers to begin clearing the road 14 miles west of headquarters, from the city of Westfield to Blandford, so that he and his troops could...