Surely a most unusual unit, this one is illustrated in Mollo’s Uniforms of the American Revolution and also by Lefferts. “Seven companies, each of 100 men, were raised in January 1776 to join Washington in New Yor. The 4th company was commanded by Captain Hindeman, who clothed his men in Osnaburg (a rough flax cloth … 4th Independent Maryland State troops, American Revolutionary War verder lezen →

Here’s the last of the British infantry units in “Saratoga” uniforms. The regiment’s origins date back to the 9 years war (1689 -1697) in Ireland. During the War of the Austrian Succession, it fought at Blenheim ()1704) and Ramillies (1706); indeed, the Regiment’s Colonel was none other than the Duke of Marlborough himself from 1702 … British 24th Foot, American Revolutionary War verder lezen →