From: UNIFORMS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Thanks to Walika
for this info.
Very
little is to be found regarding the records and dress of the ten regiments
of infantry recruited by North Carolina for Continental service from 1775
to 1782.
In
the field both officers and men wore the hunting or rifle shirt and long
overalls, of wool in winter, and of linen in warm weather, exactly as shown
in the drawing (at right). Their equipment was either made in the colonies,
or captured from the regular British service, and their arms the same.
In the picture we see a private with a home made haversack of painted linen,
an English musket, and a cartridge belt like those worn by the British
Army.
After 1780, when Washington's
general order of October 2, 1779, provided that the dress uniform of the
North Carolina Regiments should be blue faced with blue, and the button-holes
bound with white tape or lace,. it is possible that the officers or some
of them wore this dress when on parade, but we have no authority or record
of it, as yet.
Here's
the type of information about each person I might include:
What Richard Hill may have looked
like.
3rd North Carolina Regimental
Infantry, Continental
Line, 1778
Artist Charles Mackubin
Lefferts
(1873-1923) |
Woman's Working
Dress, ca. 1790
Costumes.org
|
It
is impossible to find any existing pictures or paintings of Richard Hill
and his wife. Whatever may have existed is likely whisked away by the sands
of time. These illustrations are researched images of the dress of the
period, and just as good as a photo in giving us the idea of what our ancestors
looked like and how they lived.
Richard
Hill:
Date
and place of birth
Date
and place of death
Marriage
date and place
Maiden
name
Names
of children
Names
of parents
Marital
status
Name
of spouse
Immigration
information
U.S.
military service record
Places
the person lived
I'll
include sources for the information wherever possible.
Where
the person "fits" in our
family tree
I'll
include sources for the information wherever possible. |
