Kilts in the American Revolution?

[MacWage]

So, to sum up, the consenses seems to be:

Kilts were definately worn by Scottish highlander units.
Kilts are worn by loyalists who acted as a highlander unit

There were no kilted units of the regular patriot army
there were patriots who were patriots and wore kilts,
BUT there is no evidence, yet found, of kilts being worn in combat by patriots.



Note-> I use the term Patriots and Loyalists quite intentionally. Both terms are contemporary, show allegience in a positive manner, and are easily identifyable as to which side they were on. These terms also show the pressures and mixed feelings of the times. Today, to be patriotic and loyal are virtually synonymous, yet then they were not. There was loyalty to the crown verses patriotic sentiment to the American ideals. Other terms are much more confusing and/or reflect the speaker's bias (using negative terms).

[MacWage]

(July 4th Bump)

[arrogcow]

For what it is worth, I was at Origins Game Expo this weekend, and met a guy why is part of a kilted revolutionary war reenactment group. I made the mistake of asking (based on this thread) and got 10 min on, "Yes there were kilted soldiers then." Take it for what you will. I did tell the guy about x-marks and this thread, maybe he'll show up.

Adam