American Revolution. Watercolor by French soldier, Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger, of four Continental Army soldiers at the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. From left to right: African American of the First Rhode Island Regiment; New England militiaman; frontier rifleman wearing a cloth, probably linen, Virginia hunting shirt, with fringe; French officer in a blue coat with red facing. Three of the uniforms have 'shoulder belts', worn over the shoulder and across the body to carry the cartridge box, and another for the bayonet (watercolour)
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