These are a few examples of the color combinations:. American Heritage Clothing will make an American regimental coat to your specifications, matching the lining and facing to the colors of the state you wish. The linen and wool coats are extremely detailed and feature metal buttons. The soldiers of the Continental Army also wore waistcoats under their frock coats. The waistcoat was usually tailored and featured a slightly flared hem for easy movement.
It buttoned up the front with several metal or bone buttons and could be constructed from blue, buff, white, or brown linen or wool. You can find a great reproduction waistcoat at Smiling Fox Forge. This retailer makes the garment after an actual s waistcoat in their possession. You can specify the color and fabric, as well as the size.
Continental Army patriots wore breeches or full-length pants called "overalls. The overalls and breeches were usually white, although there was some variation depending on location and fabric availability.
You can order regimental overalls or breeches from American Heritage Clothing. Many militiamen and members of the Continental Army wore tricorne hats. This distinctive three-cornered headwear had a practical purpose: it channeled water away from the soldier or militiaman's face.
Made of wool felt, beaver fur, and other materials, the hat sometimes featured accents of braid, lace, or feathers. You can purchase a tricorne hat to go with your patriot outfit from Jas Townshend and Son, Inc.
This hand-finished tricorne is made of black felt and features a rosette and your choice of black or white trim. The uniforms used by the Patriots during the American Revolution symbolized more than just the side on which they fought. The simple, everyday clothing of the militiamen showed their status as civilian soldiers, and the red, white, and blue used in the Continental Army uniforms came to stand for the United States.
Costumes Period Costumes Patriot Uniforms During the American Revolution If you're planning a reenactment or dressing up for a play, history lesson, or costume party, it's important to understand the intricacies of the Patriot uniforms during the Revolutionary War.
Uniforms of the Militiamen The Minutemen and militiamen were farmers, blacksmiths, shop owners, and other members of Colonial society. Hunting Frock The majority of militiamen wore a hunting frock crafted from very heavy linen.
Waistcoat In addition to the hunting frock, most militiamen wore a waistcoat or vest. Breeches On the bottom, most militiamen sported breeches and stockings. Uniforms of the Continental Army The patriots of the Continental Army also had a great deal of inconsistency in their uniforms. Blue Frock Coat With Colored Lining and Facing Washington decided that blue should be the official color of the Continental Army and ordered that soldiers wear a frock coat in this color.
Shirts always were one of the first clothing items to wear out and fall apart during active military service especially in the warmer months. A man needed to wear a neckerchief or neck stock around his neck which was worn over the collar of the shirt to be considered properly dressed by 18th century standards.
Neckerchiefs and neck stocks were the 18th century version of the modern necktie. Neckerchiefs were made of solid or printed silk, linen, or cotton and typically made of a triangle or square of fabric with rolled hemmed edges.
They were folded diagonally and tied in a square knot at the neck. Neck stocks were typically white or black and made of linen, cotton, or silk. Unlike neckerchiefs, neck stocks were fastened around the neck with ties or a buckle. Unlike military neck stocks of the American Revolution, civilian neck stocks were not made of leather or horsehair. The s was a transitional period in regards to where the waistband sat and in it either was placed to ride on the hip bones or just above the natural waist.
Breeches worn by New Englanders commonly were made of leather, wool, linen, velvet, silk, or fabric blends. Leather breeches where quite common among New Englanders and made of dressed and sometimes dyed buckskin, elk, or sheepskin.
Breeches went down below the kneecap but no lower than the top of the shinbone, and were closed at the knee with ties or buttons. The kneeband was closed with a buckle, button, or drawstring pulled through the casing of the kneeband and was tied off. Breeches were tailored to closely fit the body and were form fitting. Trousers were a popular garment among the working class and sailors, and typically in length went down to just below the calf or above the ankle. Commonly trousers were made of linen, wool, cotton, or fabric blends.
Trousers were usually tailored looser and baggier than that of the fit of breeches. Trousers were quite common with American militiamen and soldiers during the American Revolution especially during the warmer months. Common buttons on both breeches and trousers were cloth covered, thread wrapped, metal, leather, or horn. The backs of the waistbands on breeches and trousers were adjustable with a gusset and lacing.
Waistcoats were made with and without sleeves. A waistcoat without sleeves was the most common style worn with a full suite of clothing, although in colder weather sleeved waistcoats were favored.
It was considered a social taboo in the 18th century for men to go in public showing their shirt sleeves. Men would almost never be caught in public just wearing a shirt and an un-sleeved waistcoat with no coat or jacket worn over. Sometimes in warm weather men would strip down and work in their shirtsleeves and waistcoat but this was only confined to the workplace such as a farmer plowing his field or a blacksmith working in his shop.
The Patriot militia and minutemen would have never reported for military service wearing only an un-sleeved waistcoat with no coat or jacket worn over it. In warmer weather it was socially acceptable for men to wear in public a shirt and sleeved waistcoat, which was often considered a jacket. Waistcoats were either single or double breasted and constructed of wool, linen, velvet, silk, or fabric blends. Common buttons on waistcoats were cloth covered, thread wrapped, metal, leather, or horn.
On the eve of the American Revolution waistcoats ranged in length from the older styled mid-thigh length of the ss to the more common shorter skirted style just below hip level of the s.
Waistcoats featured a button front, and the neckline was high and rounded. Typically waistcoats had pockets which were located at waist level. Waistcoats were tailored to closely fit the body and were form fitting. In cold weather underwaistcoats where worn.
These were waistcoats made primarily of a light-weight warm wool, and worn under the standard waistcoat, or sometimes under the shirt. The pattern and construction of underwaistcoats differed from that of standard waistcoats and tended to be shorter in length. Underwaistcoats were typically closed down the front with cloth ties or lacing through hand worked grommets opposed to buttons and buttonholes. Coats and jackets were the types of outer garments worn by men in the 18th century. Coats and jackets were worn over the shirt and waistcoat.
Typically, coats were constructed of wool, linen, velvet, silk, or fabric blends. Jackets were considered a working class garment and were commonly made of wool, linen, or fabric blends. Common types of buttons on both coats and jackets were cloth covered, thread wrapped, metal, leather, or horn.
Both coats and jackets were tailored to closely fit the body and were form fitting. The length of coats varied from mid thigh to knee length. During the s there were two types of coats men wore.
The frock coat was worn by men of all social classes. In addition to the blue coats, the Continental army also wore white, off-white or beige waistcoats, breeches and long-sleeved hunting shirts, black tricorne hats, white stockings and black or dark shoes with buckles.
According to an article in Soldiers Magazine, in , blue coats with red facings became the standard uniform for all regiments and personnel except generals and staff officers. Some American soldiers wore them, too. One Connecticut regiment had red coats with yellow accents. The 4th New York Regiment had white coats with red accents. The drummers for one New Hampshire regiment had green breeches and canary yellow coats.
If they got coats at all. Uniforms were hit and miss, and many soldiers suffered without boots or coats. With no standing army, the Americans sort of made it up as they went along. Nearly every unit was different. Marko has counted 66 styles of uniform between and , just for Connecticut alone.
Many uniforms were modeled after European designs, especially if the commander came from there. Casimir Pulaski ordered fur trim for the uniforms worn by his men. It was what he was used to back home in Poland. Commanders wore a gold lace epaulet on each shoulder and a light blue sash over the right shoulder. Major Generals wore a gold lace epaulet on each shoulder and a light purple sash over the right shoulder. Brigadier Generals wore a gold lace epaulet on each shoulder and a pink sash over the right shoulder.
Colonels wore a gold lace epaulet on each shoulder, a red or pink hat cockade, a red waist sash and a brass hilt sword. Lieutenant Colonels wore a gold lace epaulet on each shoulder, a red or pink hat cockade, a red waist sash and a brass hilt sword.
Majors wore a gold lace epaulet on each shoulder, a red or pink hat cockade, a red waist sash and a brass hilt sword.
Captains wore a gold epaulet on the right shoulder, a yellow, white or buff hat cockade, a red waist sash and a brass hilt sword.
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