Having initially focused on the New England and mid Atlantic contingents of the American army, it's time to move down South a bit.
This regiment was one of North Carolina's contingent of Continental regiments.
It was noted to have blue coats faced with green in 1777 - 1778.
The flag they are carrying here is one of the many variations on the "Stars and Stripes" theme before designs became [somewhat] more standardized.
It is called the Guilford Courthouse flag, because it was known to have been carried by North Carolina militia at that battle in 1781
The drummer has to have the fashionable "Reversed Colors", right?! The figures are Brigade Games "Southern Militia", and the flag was created from images on the internet.
Very nice, great looking regiment, the uniform is a very nice one and the Brigade figures are rather good, I like them a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donnie. They make up almost all of my Americans, with some Hessians and British (when the exchange rate, shipping costs, and tariffs made more Perrys less attractive!).
DeleteAnother great colour combination in this uniform Peter. I am wondering why the drummer appears to be heading off to the right, rather than advancing with the rest of the unit?!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith. I deliberately chose a more medium blue and green to highlight the combination.. As to the drummer, he does seem a bit mispositioned, doesn't he? Perhaps a right winger? I may have to do a little base surgery there when I check the figures on cloise ispection!
DeleteProportions of these figures just excellent
ReplyDeleteI'm doing some Perry Southern Militia at the moment and the marked chunkiness of their figures was immediately obvious in comparison to the BG ones!
DeleteNice looking unit. Interested to see which other Southern units you do.
ReplyDeleteLike those Peter, a very spiffy looking uniform like that blue
ReplyDeleteCheers
Matt