tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post5364800334084753851..comments2024-03-27T10:22:05.824-04:00Comments on My Brave Fusiliers!: The Brigade of Guards on American Service 1781Old Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414321650267966787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post-21313524216018736162016-08-21T11:46:22.375-04:002016-08-21T11:46:22.375-04:00artymcclench, thank you for the comments. You are...artymcclench, thank you for the comments. You are correct it is feathers and not a bearskin roach. I went back to my research materials and pulled up the correct information. Looks like I will do a post to correct this as I have gotten a lot of comments about the Guards. Please come back!Old Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414321650267966787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post-57927649193260219602016-08-21T02:40:10.247-04:002016-08-21T02:40:10.247-04:00Very nice. I'm pretty sure the hat-cap, as ill...Very nice. I'm pretty sure the hat-cap, as illustrated, was ornamented with an simple feather fixed on the left-hand side and leaning across the crown, rather than a bearskin crest. Whether the feathers were colour-coded to identify grenadiers and LI, as supposedly occurred in the combined Flank Battalions, I am not sure.artymcclenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14370691217847864868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post-24822911953021726772016-08-20T06:24:21.281-04:002016-08-20T06:24:21.281-04:00I shared this on the evil Book of Faces. I shared this on the evil Book of Faces. Scott B. Leschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post-12346621717648339702016-08-19T08:10:44.813-04:002016-08-19T08:10:44.813-04:00Thank you for the very kind comments. And yes I d...Thank you for the very kind comments. And yes I do tend to like big beefy battalions. Which is why I do not have too many battalions.Old Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414321650267966787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post-29086692064673713872016-08-17T14:54:15.403-04:002016-08-17T14:54:15.403-04:00Man! You field BIG battalions! Good history less...Man! You field BIG battalions! Good history lesson on the Guards as a bonus.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326103304951020757.post-45783662703560697822016-08-17T11:34:05.813-04:002016-08-17T11:34:05.813-04:00Thanks for sharing your deep knowledge and super f...Thanks for sharing your deep knowledge and super figures!Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393774910190139849noreply@blogger.com