Never fully respected by the regular British forces, they were one of the only non-Indian forces able to operate in the region due to the harsh winter conditions and the difficulties of moving regular forces through the region's mountainous terrain. After the British forces surrendered Fort William Henry, the Rangers were stationed on Rogers Island near Fort Edward. This allowed the Rangers to train and operate with more freedom than regular forces.

In March 1758 at the Battle of the Snowshoes, Roger's Rangers ambushed a French-Indian force and were in turn ambushed by the French-Indian forces. The Rangers had 52 survivors / 8 wounded / 125 lost. Rogers estimated 100 killed and nearly 100 wounded of the French-Indian forces; however the French listed casualties as a total of 10 Indians killed / 17 wounded and 3 Canadians wounded. [1]{reference only}

At the end of the war the Rangers were given the task of taking command of Detroit from the French forces on behalf of the British crown. After the war most of the Rangers returned to civilian life. In 1763 a unit of the Roger's Rangers who were formed into the British 80th Regiment of Light Armed Foot were ambushed at the Devil's Hole Massacre during Pontiac's Rebellion. At the outbreak of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord, former Rangers were among the Minutemen firing at the British. After these events, Robert Rogers offered his help to the commander of the Colonial Army, George Washington. Washington refused, fearing that Rogers was a spy because Rogers had just returned from a long stay in England.. Rogers was infuriated and did indeed join the British - forming the Queen's Rangers and later the King's Rangers.

The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) of the Canadian Army claim to be descended from Rogers' Rangers. Also claiming descent from Rogers' Rangers is the 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery Regiment of Michigan and the U.S. Army Rangers.

The historical novel Northwest Passage (1937), an American classic, gave great verisimilitude to the events of Roger's Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Francis. The first half of the novel was later adapted to film called Northwest Passage(1940).

During the Second World War, the U.S. Army was interested in the tactics of the British Commando units, which by then had a couple years experience, and wanted similar special operations forces of their own. Recalling this colonial unit, they took the name "Rangers" as the official title; these units consider Rogers their founding father and distribute copies of Rogers' Rangers Standing Ordes to all aspiring Ranger students. A more recent book, White Devil - A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America, by Steven Brumwell (ISBN 0-306-81389-0, Da Capo Books, 2005), contains a historical analysis of the St. Francis raid and ensuing controversy.

In 2002, Mind Lab Films produced a Documentary about Robert Rogers and his Rangers entitled "The Battle On Snowshoes." The film is available through Heritage Books.