"King’s American Regiment" Topic

What uniform would the King's American Regiment have been wearing in the Southern Campaigns? I have seen their green uniform in a few places but would they still have been in green or would they have transitioned to red? Thanks in advance!

This is what I found

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I believe by then that just about all of the Loyalist regiments except the Queens Rangers and the British Legion had transitioned to red coats.

Jim

I have used Old Glory and Kings Mountain Continentals, red coats faced green. They go well together.
I prefer Continental figures because they usually look more campaign-ish than spiffy British with lace.
When painting Loyalists, Continental figures are your friend.
Go for slouch hats. Even better with plumes.

I agree with WillBGoode. Probably no green uniforms left that late, and the blue facings were post-Yorktown, so in all probability red faced green. If you want a little variety on the command stand, research Major James Grant, who appears to have been "seconded" to the KAR, and so may have been wearing someone else's regimentals. (So far, no luck in figuring out whose. PM me if you find out, please?)

Based on my article about British Loyalist units. The southern campaign saw a number of units adopt floppy hat style with their tricorne.
The King's American regiment under Col Fanning was called for a short time, the King's Associated Refugees. It is not the King's Royal Regiment of New York.
Red coats with white waist coats and breeches. Olive Green facings at Hobrick Hill but changed to blue in 1783. Hat was black tricorne.

As always the OFM has spoken.
All HAIL THE OFM!

Then, seconded Rudy Nelson…..

And a little something on early KAR uniforms:
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It would appear likely that they never had green uniforms, but began with the red faced olive green.

Thank you all.

In a presentation some month ago, Todd Braisted said that sometimes the Loyalist regiments bought existing regimental coats, thus why they ended up with different facing colors.

I had two ancestors in the "jersey Loyals" green faced white, does anyone know when they were switched to red faced (blue)? That's the uniform the two were paroled in NYC and divested of their property in NJ, then shipped to New Brunswick Canada with their wives and a royal land grant from the crown for ‘faithful service to his Britainic majesty"

Were the loyalists known to be grungier than the British? I always thought they were plus-professionel-que-les-professionels and would wear smart, lace ridden uniforms while the British line would wear uniforms with the lace removed.

"I had two ancestors in the "jersey Loyals" green faced white, does anyone know when they were switched to red faced (blue)?"

You should look here for further info:

royalprovincial.com

The Loyalist, like British regiments, received new clothing once a year. There is not a lot of evidence, that I am aware of, of the regular regiments removing their lace. It was sewn into the coat and would take a great deal of effort to remove, then fix. Not sure what you end up getting out of that effort – at least for the center and grenadier companies.