To add to the discussion, in my day job, I recently catalogued four or five British issue blankets that were aboard the HMS Boxer when it was captured. While...
List; This is rum fine! a good discussion of blankets! So it would seem I need add but two blue stripes to my Smoke and Fire Blanket to make it 'kosher'. How...
List; The discussion of blue stripes on the blanket brought a remembrance to me of a reference to blue stripes elsewhere. And now I have it: I toss it out for...
Hi Dana; Thanks for sharing the great information on these blankets. They were also among the examples studied by Robert Stone for his article. Thanks also for...
Dear 'Squire; You'll find the information you seek on 'de-farbing' the blanket in the Wayne Michael Daniels "Brigade Dispatch" article. I do not know how the...
... the maker to take the extra work and time and money, to add the two stripes, 'just for fun ', espc for Army Contracts . . . The Iconoclast ... Dear...
I seem to remember an inspection report on the 42d Regiment, which I believe was in Canada waiting to go back to England at the end of the AWI, stating that...
Hi List I have a few items for sale. This is nearly the end of my collection of items laying around. http://bob.sellingstuff.tripod.com/ Enjoy. Bob Fry...
Greetings List, I was at fort Ticonderoga for the big F & I event (do it every year) and it was asked of me to come to Saratoga in October for the "big Rev....
<<<<<<<<<would appreciate any info about where I could get one. Once again, it is an L&R Queen Ann lock. Anyone point me in the right direction? Your Most...
Greetings all, I'm looking for a picture/drawing of a regimental flag that was carried by the 13th continental regt at the battle of Pelham NY in Oct of...
Here's a Canada Day (or Independence Day week) discussion of the American Loyalists from the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE. I hope this link works, at least for a...
Hi Tim; Good to hear from you, sir. Indeed you are correct - there is such a reference, similar to what you mention. It was quoted by (IIRC) Phil Katcher, in...
Just don't get it too close to a flame or spark! A couple of our guys were testing several different types of blankets for those of us who actually USE our...
After dying a grisly death in an Afghan cave, Osama made his way to the pearly gates. There, he was greeted by George Washington. "How dare you attack the...
Jim, Go to the British Brigade's website at www.britishbrigade.org or to the 24th Regiment of Foot's website at www.24thfoot.org. Jack "Ben Franklin" ... ...
LOL Bill, I have been in touch with Mike and he is sending me a flashguard for my L&R Queen Anne lock and also for my Traditions PA longrifle. Hope to have...
Dear List ( especially Patrick ), I've been looking at the role of Virginia troops in some of the Carolina battles of 1779 to the end and I'm stumped by a...
Sorry Everyone, I forgot to sign my last post. I re-pasted it below. Thanks, Mike Cecere _____________________________________________________ Dear List (...
Wife is slowly going nuts trying to correctly sew several of the correct characteristics into my long-awaited Regimental coat. Can anyone PLEASE help me to...
John, Try Henry Cooke's REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIFORMS: CONSTRUCTION DETAILS & FINISHING TOUCHES. If you're a 1st Virginia Regiment member, I think Marshall Smith...
I don't know where or when I heard this..but it "may" have some relevance. The pipes were rented to certain people and kept at the Tavern.When you wanted a...
In German military fashion during this period, many regiments are shown with their hair dressed into VERTICAL side curls. When a corps adopts such a style, it...
Heard the same thing and believe it's probably a more fiction than fact. Just finished reading "In the Heart of the Sea - the tragedy of the whaleship Essex"....
