17540-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment Sale set we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like-new condition.
W. Britain's #17540 Butlers Tory Rangers
American Revolution
On September 15, 1777, General Sir Guy Carleton, the commander of
British forces in Canada, commissioned Butler as "Commandant of a Corps
of Rangers to serve with the Indians." Butler received authorization to
raise as many as eight companies containing fifty-nine officers and men
each. Ultimately, Butler recruited enough men to fill ten companies and
was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1780. Butler’s Rangers became one
of the most active and feared Loyalist units to fight against American
independence.