Originally Posted by
longhuntr74
...Disagree CC! The 42d, during the American Revolution, wore BLUE facings (the color worn by all "Royal" regiments) and the officers wore gold braid . These facings, at least in my eyes, are clearly GREEN with silver braid, indicating Hugh Montgomerie to be a member of the 77th Highlanders (called Montgomery's Highlanders after their Colonel, Archibold Montgomery)...see post #8. I was wrong on the event that the painting depicted...but stick by my call on the regiment!
officers wore gold facing and regular men wore silver facing. and the jacket design tell me its revolutionary
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