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Bill N16 Feb 2015 5:02 p.m. PST

I have been working towards a generic army that can be used for the continentals in the late war southern campaign. So far I have come up with the following uniforms for the following different units. Am I missing any, or are there any obvious errors?

Blue coats faced red and lined white:
Maryland units in French lottery coats at Camden
1st Maryland in 1779 official uniform at GCH
2nd Maryland regt officers in 1779 official uniform at GCH
certain Maryland units in heritage uniforms
Delaware troops in heritage uniforms
Delaware troops outfitted by Maryland, 1780-81
certain Virginia units in heritage uniforms at Charleston
1st and 2nd Virginia regt. officers in 1779 official uniform at GCH
certain South Carolina units in heritage uniforms up to Charleston
Pulaski's Legion Infantry

Blue coats faced and lined red:
Continental artillery
certain Virginia light infantry at Camden
Virginia state artillery at Camden

Brown coats faced red and lined white:
2nd Maryland regt ranks at GCH
Delaware troops in French lottery coats
Virginia continentals at Charleston in French lottery coats

Blue coats faced buff:
Armand's Legion Infantry

Bill N16 Feb 2015 5:07 p.m. PST

Here is the rest. "Heritage uniforms" are older uniform styles usually issued by the colonies. "Ranks" refers to uniforms worn by troops but not necessarily officers. I know Delaware is contradictory, but there seem to be different opinions.

Blue unlined coats, possibly not regimentals:
1st Virginia regt. ranks at GCH

Hunting Shirts:
certain southern continentals in heritage uniforms
Delaware continentals after Camden
Continentals in summer of 1781

Civilian clothing:
North Carolina regiments 1781

Heritage uniforms:
Georgia continentals through Savannah
South Carolina contintals through Charleston
Virginia continentals through Charleston
North Carolina continentals through Charleston
Maryland continentals through Camden
Delaware continentals through Camden

Unknown:
2nd Virginia regt. ranks at GCH
1st, 2nd and 3rd Virginia detachments

Rudysnelson18 Feb 2015 8:19 a.m. PST

So you are listing Patriot uniforms and not just Continental uniforms which are regular troops.

A large number of irregular ranger units worn daily frontier dress with field identification markings which were often rags tied around the arm. Such dress had a wide variety of headgears including animal caps (with and without tails); wide brim hats; tricornes; stocking caps; and an occasional blue bonnet though those were more common among loyalist troops. Trousers could be cloth or leather. Shirts and jackets varied as well.

The South Carol9ina unique light infantry style cap was a trademark of their State units.

I do conduct more research on Loyalist units than patriot but for the extensive frontier and limited settled regions in the South, Common daily dress was prevalent in many battles here.

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