Blunders on the Danube

Here's the last of the American units wearing hunting shirts. What nakes this a Virginia unit? First of all, the flag (by Adolfo Ramos),...

  The 71st Regiment of Foot, unofficially known as Frazier's Highlanders, was raised in Inverness, Stirling, and Glasgow1775, specifical...

Surely a most unusual unit, this one is illustrated in Mollo's Uniforms of the American Revolution and also by Lefferts. "Seven com...

Here's the last of the British infantry units in "Saratoga" uniforms. The regiment's origins date back to the 9 years war ...

The latest addition to the Patriot forces is this unit of riflemen wearing green hunting shirts. Although by far the majority of Patriots un...

  The Hessians are coming! The number of troops that the British felt were needed to quash the rebellion of he 13 colonies exceeded what the...

The British also receive some reinforcements of the "Big Bang" variety.  They wear cut down uniforms more suitable to climate and ...