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American Revolution 1763-1789 The birth of a new nation - to commence at the Proclaimation of 1763 to the end of the Articles of Confederation.

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Hi everyone! I am new to this forum...and truly enjoying it. The uniforms of the American Revolution that I prefer are definitely from the French. I agree with HG that the Saintongue uniform of the 1779 regulation (dark green and white) undoubtedly is amongst the most attractive. My favorites, however, are a German regiment in French service - Royal Deux-Ponts, and the Soissinois Regiment also wearing the 1779 uniform regulations. I have included them in a diorama I am modelling/constructing and painting of Yorktown figures using 54mm collector quality miniatures. Other regiments are under way - See photos below.
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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20203...us-024-red.jpg

I really like this uniform. Is it from around the period of the revolutionary war? Or perhaps the French-Indian war?
Can't see it!

I get this:

Can you link to the page that the image is on?
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Haken,could you please post the picture?,the link does not allow to see it.
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Don't have a picture of it, but I would say, the Continental Navy has the best uniforms. But, however, I'm biased, since I spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy.
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Tarleton's British Legion
Does anyone have a picture of Tarleton's British Legion uniform?
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Don't know if this has been posted before but here's a link to a whole list of uniforms: http://www.srcalifornia.com/srselect2.htm

Just go over to the Colonial Uniform tab and have at it.
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There is something crisp and polished about their uniform of the day. Too bad at least the dress uniform isn't akin to this today.
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I really like the early war British "light bob" uniforms:

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For those of you interested in the uniforms of the American Revolution there's is a new book to be released in April titled "An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence." Amazon gives a few previews of the pages.
Excellent book. Tons of amazing color paintings and CGI illustrations of uniforms, weapons, buttons, flags, etc. There is also a similar book for the Napoleonic Wars and one coming out in March 2010 about the mid 1800s - 1914 era covering the uniforms of the ACW, Boer War, Crimea, etc
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Thank you everyone for your help! I am in the process of painting a 15mm army for war gaming, I have decided on the Battle of Cowpens. All the uniform help you all are providing is great.

Those books also seem like a great resource. I have the osprey men at arms series but these resources seem very promising.
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If you need any assistance with uniforms let me know. I'll be glad to help as much as I can. Just send me an email through the forum and I can scan and send the units you need.

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