13th Continental Regiment 1776

Please note this is my second edition of this regiment.  The first was using RSM LTD. Miniatures.  These are from Brigade Games.  Why the change?  First these new figures are more correct for the  1776 period.  Why?  They are a mixture of The 1775 Bounty coats (Massachusetts gave to soldiers enlisting), Regimental coats (just being issued but in small numbers in 1776) and civilian clothing.  This creates just the right impression I was looking for  in the original.  The old 13th will be repainted to continue its service.  

The 13th Continental Regiment ( Read's Regiment) was raised April 23, 1775, as a Massachusetts militia regiment at Cambridge, Massachusetts, under Joseph Read. The regiment would join the Continental Army in June 1775. The regiment saw action during the Siege of Boston, the New York Campaign and the Battle of Trenton. As part of General Glover's brigade it fought  the rear guard action at Pell's Point in October 18, 1776.  The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, at Morristown, New Jersey.

Little is known of the uniform warn by this Regiment in 1776.  One report suggests brown coats.  The regimental flag was yellow or straw colored  so I went with that as the facing color.   

  Now, as to the regimental colors.  General Charles Lee's  advice for how colors should be for 1776 regiments suggested a regimental color in the facing color of the regiment paired with a Grand Union flag.   So I will follow Washington's suggestion.  The flag is by The Flag Dude and a very nice copy of the original flag it is. The 13th was I usual in that the actual regimental color is documented.