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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Koppi on 28 March 2018, 08:36:02 AM

Title: King’s Royal Regiment of New York
Post by: Koppi on 28 March 2018, 08:36:02 AM

A report about this Loyalist unit in the AWI. Also some discussions about the uniform they wear.
Report in german and english.

https://thrifles.blogspot.de/2018/03/kings-royal-regiment-of-new-york.html

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Title: Re: King’s Royal Regiment of New York
Post by: Belisarius on 28 March 2018, 09:07:03 AM

Very interesting article on this Loyalist unit , thank you.

Title: Re: King’s Royal Regiment of New York
Post by: vtsaogames on 28 March 2018, 04:10:47 PM

The unit was also known as "Johnson's Royal Greens". Johnson was the son of Sir William Johnson, Indian Commissioner to the Mohawks. The commissioner grew very wealthy from his dealings and fathered a good number of Mohawks. During the Revolution, many Tories were driven from the Mohawk valley, including the Johnsons. Most of the loyalists were Anglicans, while the Palatine Germans were generally Whigs. There were exceptions; Herkimer's brother was a loyalist officer, for example. Herkimer spoke German, English and Mohawk. His English was sprinkled with German words, a patois understood in much of the Mohawk Valley. Religious and ethnic differences thickened the stew. A ruse failed at Oriskany because a Whig recognized a Tory neighbor.

Added to this was the animus between New England Yankees (Congregationalists and such) and the multi-lingual, poly-ethnic settlers from New York. (Some things never change.) The Green Mountain Boys militia unit was formed before the war to keep New Yorkers out of the Hampshire Grants (Vermont). 

The closer you look, the more complicated it gets.

Title: Re: King’s Royal Regiment of New York
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on 28 March 2018, 04:21:52 PM

Quote from: vtsaogames on 28 March 2018, 04:10:47 PM

Most of the loyalists were Anglicans, while the Palatine Germans were generally Whigs. <snip>

Added to this was the animus between New England Yankees (Congregationalists and such) and the multi-lingual, poly-ethnic settlers from New York.

Same was true of the Iroquois - the tribes that remained loyal to the Crown were Anglicans, whilst the two that served Congress were Dissenters.