Osprey Men-at-Arms 290 : General Washington's Army (2) 1779-1783

For the early years of the American War of Independence, George Washington's troops were clothed in a variety of uniforms from various sources. With the receipt in late 1778 of over 25,000 uniforms imported from France, much of the Continental army was uniformly clothed in blue or brown coats faced with red. Marko Zlatich examines the systems used by state and Continental authorities to procure clothing materials from this point onwards, the quantities they obtained and the specifications of the uniforms themselves. The text is accompanied by eight colour plates by Bill Younghusband and a plethora of black and white photographs and illustrations. The companion book is Men-at-Arms 273 : General Washington's Army (1) 1775-1778.

Contents

• Introduction
• Continental Uniforms 1779-1782
• State Uniforms
• The Plates