nevinsrip  | 03 Apr 2018 1:36 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know of a Patriot unit that wore brown coats faced buff?
I saw a picture somewhere and can't remember what unit it was. |
Alexja  | 03 Apr 2018 2:26 a.m. PST |
there is col sherburne's regt…brown faced yellow |
pepemari47  | 03 Apr 2018 2:50 a.m. PST |
1st battalion Philadelphia associators? |
| 23rdFusilier | 03 Apr 2018 4:12 a.m. PST |
26th Continental Regiment (Col. L. Baldwin) c. 1776 |
 Flashman14 | 03 Apr 2018 9:35 a.m. PST |
Exhibit A why TMP provides continued value. Even if all these suggestions are wrong they provide potentially useful leads. |
| RudyNelson | 06 Apr 2018 2:30 p.m. PST |
We had a large article on patriot coat colors with facing colors.
There were four brown with white facings
Three brown with yellow facings
Brown with green six
Brown with red 20
Brown with lot Blue is six
Brown with buff FIVE units
Let Brown with buff ONE
Ely Conn State in 1977
Hyde's Conn Lgt Horse
2nd Conn Lgt Horse
Virginia State Line 1779-82
1st Philadelphia Bn 1776-77
18th Continental wore drab with buff facings
Over a dozen brown coat units did not have a facing color listed |
| nevinsrip | 06 Apr 2018 7:43 p.m. PST |
Rudy Thanks for that. Can you give me any more info on the
Virginia State Line 1779-82? Were they with Morgan's Flying Army? At Cowpens?
I would be most grateful for any info you can supply. Thanks. |
| RudyNelson | 08 Apr 2018 8:28 p.m. PST |
All I gathered and published were uniform notes. I did not post any Patriot OB or strength in battles. I did it for the Germans, Spanish and Loyalist plus a lot of Native American actions but not British, Patriot or French. |
| nevinsrip | 08 Apr 2018 11:05 p.m. PST |
Where did the information come from? |
| RudyNelson | 09 Apr 2018 5:43 a.m. PST |
I am an old guy, so there were not many internet sources. Most were books either from my collection or obtained from the national inter-library loan program. Some were many sources that were secondary or tricenary for verification. |
| Bill N | 09 Apr 2018 11:34 a.m. PST |
Rudy-I would love to know your source for the Virginia State Line wearing brown faced buff. Most of what I am seeing from that era has them in coats with red facings, assuming they could get regimental coats. |
| RudyNelson | 09 Apr 2018 3:29 p.m. PST |
Remember Brown coats came mainly from using captured British coats. A blue or other contrasting dye turned them to a shade of brown. The natural Brown dyed wool coats were a lighter color. Often a tan, light brown or a drab.
It has been almost two decades since I wrote those articles, so I am not sure if I have a source list around. I will look and see what I have left. |
| RudyNelson | 09 Apr 2018 4:16 p.m. PST |
The entry on the VA State Troops, not Cont. troops.
Crocket's Bn Brown coat with red facings. State Troops 1778 and early 1779 had blue coats with red facings red small clothes and red or blue pants
After the 1779, uniform regulation the VA State Line changed to Brown coats with buff facings from 1779 until 1782.
The Illinois Rgt/Bn also had a uniform and regarded as VA State troops. |
