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Uniforms for the War of 1812 were made in Philadelphia.. The design of early army uniforms was influenced by both British and French traditions. One of the first Army-wide regulations, adopted in 1789, prescribed blue coats with colored facings to identify a unit's region of origin: New England units wore white facings, southern units wore blue facings, and units from Mid-Atlantic states wore ...
Pages in category "American War of Independence in art" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
A plate showing the uniform of a U.S. Army first sergeant, circa 1858, influenced by the French army. The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. [1]
McBarron began formal art training at age seven in classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduation from Waller High School , now known as Lincoln Park High School, he made a sudden decision to forego admission to Northwestern University 's Medill School to pursue comprehensive study at the Art Institute of Chicago .
Mayer, Holly A. Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. ISBN 1-57003-339-0; ISBN 1-57003-108-8. Neimeyer, Charles Patrick. America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army (1995) complete text online; Palmer, Dave Richard.
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
Twelve-year-old drummer boy William Black was the youngest recorded person wounded in battle during the American Civil War. John Clem , who had unofficially joined a Union Army regiment at the age of 9 as a drummer and mascot, became famous as "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga " where he played a " long roll " and shot a Confederate officer who ...
Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze.. The paintings commemorate General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War.