The 71st Regiment of Foot, unofficially known as Frazier's Highlanders, was raised in Inverness, Stirling, and Glasgow1775, specifically intended for service in putting down the rebellious American colonies. .
It took ship to North America in April 1776, and arrived in New York City in July of that year. Figures are Perry with a flag by Adolfo Ramos.
It saw action soon thereafter at the Battle of Long Island in August, and then the Battles of Fort Washington and Fort Lee in November 1776.
It took part in the Philadelphia Campaign, and fought at Brandywine Creek in September 1777.
A detachment of the Regiment also marched North form New York City in support of General Burgoyne's operations along the Hudson river, participating in the capture of Forts Clinton and Montgomery in October of 1777.
The regiment then served in the Southern theater, participating in the capture of Savannah (December 1778), the Battle of Brier Creek (March 1779), Siege of Savannah (September 1779), Siege of Charleston (March 1780), Battles of Camden (August 1780), Cowpens (January 1781), Guilford Courthouse (March 1781), and finally the Siege of Yorktown (September 1781). The unit was disbanded in 1786. It's uniforms were similar to the Black Watch, but with white facings.
There are several re-enactment groups for this unit; such as this one. They didn't ordinarily wear the kilt in the field due to the conditions in North America. There are many pictures there of the men wearing their bonnets with standard British pants, etc.; one year they eveidently wore trews made from their old kilts.
Splendid work, Peter! Tartan looks great!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. I think that's my last tartan, but I've thought that twice before. too!
DeleteExcellent work on the rather nice Perry figures Peter!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith. They are nice sculpts. The unit was short lived, but an important one during the Revolution. A few years later, the 73rd regiment was renumbered as the 71st, and became the famous Highland Light Infantry.
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ReplyDeleteNever say never. Especially when they look thia good.
Thanks, joe. I actually do think I have enough spare OG Napoleonic Highlanders to make a 4th unit. Hopefully, I'll never find them! :-)
DeleteBrilliant looking unit. Love how you've done the tartan.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Richard. I cannot take much credit for that (other than the many brush strokes); it's from an old website. Everything gets painted a medium dark blue (Pthalo Blue for Delta CC paints), then medium green grid lines, and then bright green wherever the medium green intersects. The original method then had fine black ink lines down the center of the green strokes. I did that the first time, but not after that -way too much trouble for minimal effect!
DeleteAnother lovely painted unit!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Phil!
DeleteNicely done Peter, and the socks also look great. I think they are much harder to tackle than the tartan.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lawrence, and I agree; I cheated on them by just having the tops of the stockings diced, just like the previous unit.
DeleteAnother fine unit and yet again very colourful and well animated
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gary; they do look rather menacing!
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