"Uniform of the German battalion at Trenton?" Topic

Trying to find if indeed they had a uniform or i can use miltia?

The "Germans" were from Pennsylvania, I painted mine in brown coats with red racing's.

And Marylanders! In fact, they'll eventually be redesignated the 8th Maryland. But they were German enough. Soldiers were tossed out for being neither a German nor the son of a German.
PDF link

Brown with red sounds right, but I can't confirm.

Thank you sirs. Ill go with brown faced red
Now to think about a flag

We just did Trenton. Mine are brown faced blue for enlisted and brown faced red for the officers. The figures are Eureka, from thier ragged rebels range. I will be posting photos soon. The troops in this battalion were from Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Bob,

Thanks for the link. It was a well-written and researched piece.

Jim

You're welcome. Yes, I've been working that one heavily, researching Maryland and Pennsylvania officers. I can take no credit, but the author did a first-rate job.

Now, if someone would just write a decent article on the New York Continentals…

The widow of one veteran of the German wrote of her husband "Dring the said time of his enlistment he suffered much from want of clothing, being sometimes nearly naked, and that at one time his mother travelled from Frederick County to Philadelphia to take him clothes." Before they left Philadelphia in December of 1776 the troops had been issued coats, blankets and bayonets.