"Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen 1776" Topic
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| 23rdFusilier | 02 Nov 2018 7:32 a.m. PST |
Fusilier Regiment Knyphausen arrived in New York city in August 1776. They took part in the fighting at Long Island, White Plains and Fort Washington. As part of the garrison at Trenton they surrendered after that battle. For 1777 the survivors of the Trenton debacle were amalgamated into the Combined battalion Loos. This battalion took part in Jose's Philadelphia campaign, fought at Brandywine and took part in the occupation of Philadelphia. In 1778 the battalion was restored to their original name. September 1779 they were sent to garrison Quebec but suffered very heavy loses in a storm at sea which forced them to return to New York. Again sent to Quebec in May 1780 they stayed there until October when they were returned to New York city. From there they returned to Germany in 1783. This ended the service of this hard luck regiment in the American war. Uniforms of the Hessian and Brunswick regiments during the American Revolution are a confusing topic. There is much misinformation and contradictory materials out there. The contemporary watercolors of the regiments often published are from a slightly later time after the war and may include changes done after the war. So those of us who paint these fine fellows must do our research and make our best guess. During the course of painting these fine fellows i have had to repaint numerous details over when new information became available. If I have made a error in the uniforms I beg your pardon.
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Joes Shop  | 02 Nov 2018 7:40 a.m. PST |
Excellent Work – thanks for sharing! |
| Winston Smith | 02 Nov 2018 7:58 a.m. PST |
Jose's Philadelphia campaign?
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| Spooner6 | 02 Nov 2018 9:28 a.m. PST |
Nice job, those look good. I have that regiment painted using Perry's miniatures. RIght now I am busy expanding my Hessian Force for AWI (and by busy, I mean the painter is busy for me). Keep us posted on your progress. Joes's Philadelphia campaign is one of the most interesting and yet least covered campaign of the war. Lots of colorful troops, mostly from India fought in that campaign. Chris |
| Bill N | 02 Nov 2018 9:41 a.m. PST |
Very nice. Where did you get your flags? |
| Frederick | 02 Nov 2018 11:07 a.m. PST |
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| 23rdFusilier | 02 Nov 2018 12:01 p.m. PST |
Thank you for the kinds words. Except Winston; I am shocked, shocked that you are not familiar with General Jose's campaign!!!!! His second in command was General SpellCheck who I understand is a pain and you can do nothing about. :) always changing things! Flags are from GMB and very nice they are. Next up (when I finish rechecking the spelling!) Is Lossberg and Rall is on the painting table to finish when I get back from vacation. |
| Winston Smith | 03 Nov 2018 9:40 a.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
