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Type in the cont Caleb Burns and Michael Garland History 12/8/09

Uniforms and Weapons Of the Revolutionary War

American uniforms with the Revolutionary War for independence could be red, blue, brown, or just look like patchwork/quilt. Some of the men did not even have uniforms but during this war they came up with the idea to wear badges to show rank. A proper American was scarce at the start of the war. Brown was the first color established in 1775 for the 13 colonies, but a few states went off on the own to establish their own color of uniforms making it hard to tell friend from foe when the other Americans wore red.

There was no real color for the American because they were not a country just yet. But the uniform told you what type of soldier the man was in the war color was also a way to tell what their rank was for example the sergeant wore red patches to say look at me I am a sergeant in the, but only to the Americans that were on their side. Some would ware stars some one with one star would be a lower rank than someone with two stars on their patch .Now for the guns, the typical gun for use during the time period of the revolutionary war. The Ferguson flintlock was one of the most commonly used rifles in that time out of the few guns that were available. The French Flintlock Martial was a pistol that was powerful and use the Americans be it one of the few gun they could get their hands on that time. Also, to represent rank, the soldiers of the revolutionary war would wear different hats and caps. The Americans wore black cockades, and the French soldiers wore white. They wore those separate colors until they finally united and formed a new color, a half white and a half black hat. The hats also had feathers in them and they were different for each rank as with hat shape, and badges. For example, the ACD for a general would wear a bright green feather to show his rank. ent of your page here.