> In addition to Pat's questions ..... was there any suggestion/requirement to wear > identification? I have always been struck by a Journal entry which described a lone > fallen soldier/captive who just couldn't make it all the way home after being > released a few months after the Battle of Brooklyn ... and died at the side of the > road. Jan -- Not to my knowledge. In fact many of the militiamen had to provide their own clothing. Even the Continental Army folks frequently wore remnants of uniforms because there were no resupplies. The "rag-tag" label also applied ocassionally to the British and German troops when their intended resupply was captured by the Americans or when it was diverted. For example all the new winter clothing and blankets intended for the Brunswickers [Braunschweigers] in Canada sent over in the summer of 1782 never made it to the intended destination. Bob Brooks