Current As Of 10 December 1996

Historical Resources Branch

US ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY

The War of American Independence

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Flags and Uniforms


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Finke, Detmar H. "Insignia of Rank in the Continental Army, 1775-1783." Military Collector and Historian, 8 (Fall 1956), pp. 71-73.

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Lefferts, Charles. Uniforms of the American, British, French & German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783. New York: New-York Historical Society, 1926.

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Warren, Charles H. "Uniform of the Revolutionary Army." Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, 4 (January 1859), pp. 149-154.

Werner, Wendy M., and John N. Armstrong, Jr. "1st Continental Regiment/1st Pennsylvania Regiment Flag." Military Collector and Historian, 27 (Spring 1975), pp. 5-7.

Westcott, Thompson. "Revolutionary Uniforms." Historical Magazine, 4 (December 1860), pp. 353-355. [Reprinted as John R. Elting, editor, "The Thompson Westcott Descriptions of Military Dress During the American Revolution." Military Collector and Historian, 12 (Spring 1960), pp. 1-5.]

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----. "Designs of the Regimental Standards for Brigadier John Patterson's Brigade of Massachusetts Continental Line, 1778." Military Collector and Historian, 34 (Winter 1982), pp. 163-166.

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