John Treegate's Musket Author:Leonard Wibberley Peter loved the musket. It was the very essence of adventure for him. It had been used in battle and had witnessed the blue-coated French driving down on the continental militia, helping to drive them back. He got a footstool, climbed on it and reached up to the musket and touched the satiny polished stock. Beside the musket was a small pict... more »ure of a man in a white wig. He wore the uniform of the continental militia and written at the bottom of the picture was "To my comrade in arms, John Treegate, with every good wish. George Washington. Colonel."« less