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Author Topic: War of 1812 Canadian Militia  (Read 3725 times)

Offline TWD

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War of 1812 Canadian Militia
« on: April 19, 2016, 02:13:34 PM »
EDIT:
Looking again in better light, the jacket is actually dark green.
Sorry.

Move along nothing to see here....

According to my Osprey (never the most convincing of openings to a post...) in 1813 Canadian militia were all supposed to switch to a dark blue jacket and blue/grey trousers.
How widespread was this uniform in reality?
Pretty much every other reference has the militia either in standard British red coats, civilian clothing or (usually later in the war) green jackets.

I'm looking at Sharp Practice 2 and would like some Redcoats, some Canadians and some Native American skirmishers.
Ideally I'd like to differentiate between the redcoats and the Canadians (rather than just painting lots of red) and ideally I'd prefer to use the boxes of Perry plastics I already have (rather than buy specific militia figures with mixed clothing).

Any pointers gratefully received.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2016, 06:20:51 PM by TWD »

Offline rumacara

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Re: War of 1812 Canadian Militia
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2016, 05:17:27 PM »
I hope these images are of any help.


Offline IronDuke596

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Re: War of 1812 Canadian Militia
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2016, 05:54:39 PM »
RE: "According to my Osprey (never the most convincing of openings to a post...) in 1813 Canadian militia were all supposed to switch to a dark blue jacket and blue/grey trousers."

What Osprey and page did you find that erroneous information? Dark blue facings perhaps but not jacket.

The images provided by Rumcara ( from Olivier who has a War of 1812 uniform image bank) are good representations of Canadian fencibles regiments (Incorporated Militia Battalion), flank companies and sedentary militia.

The only uniform not portrayed are those worn by militia flank companies. They were the best trained of the local (county) sedentary  militia who could respond quickly to and emergency. A popular uniform was a regular red tunic with wings and a round hat.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2016, 05:58:20 PM by IronDuke596 »

 

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