"Marylanders at New York" Topic

I am reading the Osprey book on the New York campaign and I wanted to know how accurate the picture on the cover and pages 52-53 of the Marylanders charging is? Did they wear hunting shirts that color and officers red faced yellow?

According to "Washington's Immortals" by Patrick K. O'Donnell, their uniform was hunting shirts and the picture seems accurate. They kept Cornwallis in the house for a period of time that allowed much of Washington's army to escape. It cost them tremendous casualties.

Many of us don't have the book as it is regarded as one of the weaker Osprey books on the period.

Hunting shirts were worn by MD troops early on. Not sure what color is shown in your book.

Gist's company (not regiment) wore red faced buff early on, but unlikely they wore that for the NY battles. Many of the MD units early in the war were independent companies banded together to form regiments, so a mix of clothing, by company would not be uncommon early on. Leffert's and Katcher were not much help this early, but Mollo shows a hunting shirt clad (dark blue?) soldier with a mention of Gist's company wearing red with buff facings.

I know the reputation of the Osprey books so that's why I asked.

There is an account of the regiment marching through NYC, some time before the battle, and them all wearing light brown or tan hunting shirts. As historygamer says, the unit was made up from several pre-war militia units and at least one – from Annapolis – had red coats faced buff (given the British origins of the uniform, one would assume buff belts and small clothes as well).

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