Friday 7 February 2020

Last of the Mohicans redcoats

I have a Facebook group 'Seven years war living history' and this subject came up yesterday. Who were the Redcoats in LotM? It should be the 35th but apparently the director Michael Mann didn't like the orange facings that this regiment (35th) should have had as it clashed so made them have the buff you see here based apparently on the 48th regiment.
The above group from one of the early scenes are the 60th Royal American regiment.
Also in the movie there are Highlanders, grenadiers. There were no Highlanders at Fort William Henry but it's only a movie. The above image is from this page where there are more production pics.
Close-up of the '35th' uniform

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