"Bicorne hat Units?" Topic
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| Stalkey and Co | 11 Oct 2024 10:26 a.m. PST |
I got a bunch of painted lead in a pile of boxes of Naps I acquired. there are a good dozen war of 1812 American units. One bunch said "West Point Cadets" and had a dark blue jacket with red facings and bicorne hats. I'm wondering if this is for real, and if ANY unit was wearing a bicorne at this point? I know the generals and such did. They could have been in the wrong bag. They could be 1805 Prussians. I'm not sure yet, but thought I'd ask! Thanks! |
Shagnasty  | 11 Oct 2024 11:26 a.m. PST |
The West Point website says that is the appropriate uniform for cadets from 1802 until after 1814. Your figures are correct. |
| Stalkey and Co | 11 Oct 2024 12:03 p.m. PST |
Welp! Blow me down… Can you gimme a link? Actually, I will have to check out if there's any pics somewhere, as I thought their uniform was always grey, and I may need to touch up these figs a bit, they're a little rough looking. Thanks! |
| epturner | 11 Oct 2024 1:42 p.m. PST |
There were two artillery units that had bicorne hats on the Yankee Doodle side. Also, Massachusetts militia artillery had bicornes as well. Eric |
| Glengarry5 | 12 Oct 2024 12:01 a.m. PST |
There is a school pf thought that American infantry officers sometimes wore bicornes in the field, although my casual perusal of the internet came up with little evidence beyond reenactors. |
| Stalkey and Co | 12 Oct 2024 4:08 p.m. PST |
I'm not having any luck with my web searching. |
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