I have been doing research on Hessian uniforms and colors for an upcoming painting project involving the Rall Grenadier regiment, Fusilier Regiment Lossburg and Fusilier Regiment Knyphausen. In looking for documentation on regimental colors I found the following article, "Colors of the Hessian flags in North America 1776 - 1883", Military Collector and Historian, Winter 2003-2004, vol. 55, issue 4. This is simply brilliant and a must have article if researching this topic.
The author is Steven Hill. He is one of (if not the) best historians on the topic of military flags. Is using his career he was responsible for restoring and maintaining many historical flag collections. I had the pleasure of meeting him many years ago when he was working to restore and maintain The Civil War collection of flags in the Massachusetts State House.
If you want to know which regiments carried what colors, what they looked liked and what happened to them this is where you look. There are pictures of fragments of colors captured at Trenton. How often do you see these? In addition there is also some documentation on uniforms. So my friends, do yourself a favor and download this article.
Here is pdf of the article:
dupagemilitaryflag.com/files/33395736.pdf
Here is his flag site:
www.dupagemilitaryflag.com
Lastly, if you want a coffee mug with a regimental color in it here is where you go. My kids, when they do not know what to get me for a present shop here. Nothing better than sipping coffee while painting or playing with you soldiers that has The regimental colors of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
www.cafepress.com/historicflags
Appropriately decorated mugs are an essential part of any wargamers armoury.
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