Uniforms of the American Revolution

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Tliis newest volume in the Macmillan Color Sériés makes a timely appearance for the bicentennial of the Déclaration of Independence of 1776. In a sériés of 220 magnificent full-color illustrations, it covers the principal army and naval uniforms of the American, British, Ger-man, and French armies which took part in the American Révolution, and in-cludes several plates of the Indian dress of the period. They provide a unique and colorful survey of one of the great epochs of military history.
The uniforms of the British, German, and French troops conform, on the whole, to régulations. The Americans, both revolutionary and loyalist, ne-glected to record for posterity the détails of their military dress, but the author and artist have supplied these from various reliable sources—portraits, lists of equipment issued to the Continental Army, advertisements for de-serters in contemporary American newspapers, and the latest research data on the subject—and deliberately stylized their... Tovább

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Tliis newest volume in the Macmillan Color Sériés makes a timely appearance for the bicentennial of the Déclaration of Independence of 1776. In a sériés of 220 magnificent full-color illustrations, it covers the principal army and naval uniforms of the American, British, Ger-man, and French armies which took part in the American Révolution, and in-cludes several plates of the Indian dress of the period. They provide a unique and colorful survey of one of the great epochs of military history.
The uniforms of the British, German, and French troops conform, on the whole, to régulations. The Americans, both revolutionary and loyalist, ne-glected to record for posterity the détails of their military dress, but the author and artist have supplied these from various reliable sources—portraits, lists of equipment issued to the Continental Army, advertisements for de-serters in contemporary American newspapers, and the latest research data on the subject—and deliberately stylized their figures to retain the flavor of the period. In addition, early paint-ings, drawings, and prints have been used wherever possible. The" uniforms are primarily arranged by campaigns, with plates giving détails of flags, head-dress, and weapons.
The book has an introductory section covering the war and the organization of the various armies. Extended captions to the plates provide additional information.
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