"Uniform Query" Topic
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robert piepenbrink  | 24 Jun 2018 4:09 p.m. PST |
The link goes to a Painting of one Joseph Bloomfield--Captain and later Major of the 3rd New Jersey 1775-78, Deputy JAG for the Northern Army for most of that time and War of 1812 General--though I'd expect him to look older by then.
link But what would any of them be doing wearing that uniform? Any suggestions? |
| Dn Jackson | 24 Jun 2018 4:39 p.m. PST |
Post war militia maybe? I don't have my reference works handy, but pointed cuffs strike me as being after the revolution. |
| historygamer | 24 Jun 2018 6:00 p.m. PST |
Definitely AWI period. Some of the NJ units wore grey coats earlier in the war. (editing original post) Of course, 3rd NJ. Definitely correct. There is a 3rd NJ re-enactment unit that wears the same. |
| Terry37 | 24 Jun 2018 6:15 p.m. PST |
From my references I think the officer portrait of Broomfield in your link is the uniform worn by the 3rd New Jersey regiment in January 1776 forward – "Drab faced blue". from the Uniforms of the American Revolution" by Benjamin Brown. Additionally Lefferets lists in the deserter reports for the 3rd New Jersey a man form Captain John Ross's company as wearing "a drab coat faced with blue, buckskin breeches, new shirt and shoes." Pennsylvania Gazette May 1, 1776 Lastly. on page 95 of Don Troiani's "Soldiers of the American revolution" he depicts a private of the 3rd New Jersey regiment in 1776 wearing a yellowish-gray-drab coat faced with blue, including blue pointed cuffs. The blue is a dark blue, but not a very dark color like Navy blue. I think you are safe using this uniform if you are wanting to depict the regiment in the early year(s) of the American Revolution. If you're wanting to do the War of 1812 I will need to see what I might have there, but would not expect this uniform. Hope this helps, Terry |
| historygamer | 24 Jun 2018 6:29 p.m. PST |
No where close to 1812 uniforms. Beyond a doubt Rev War. |
| robert piepenbrink | 25 Jun 2018 2:18 a.m. PST |
Thank you all. I've been fooled by "drab" before, and ought to learn faster. |
 ColCampbell | 25 Jun 2018 5:03 a.m. PST |
Robert, Yes, "drab" color can cover a multitude of shades. In his article on Continental uniforms in "Time Portal Passages" (Autumn 2001), Rudy Nelson stated that drab could be "brown, gray, light brown, tan, and even off-green." Jim |
| Winston Smith | 25 Jun 2018 6:17 a.m. PST |
"Drab" is as vague a term as "khaki". Or "feldgrau" for that matter. |
| robert piepenbrink | 25 Jun 2018 7:01 a.m. PST |
Or "hodden gray." Some days I think the fellows prescribing historical uniform colors weren't thinking of us at all. |
| ColCampbell | 25 Jun 2018 3:40 p.m. PST |
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