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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1
The Conquest
CHAPTER 2
The Revolt of Pontiac and the American Invasion
CHAPTER 3
The Coveted Pacific Coast
CHAPTER 4
The Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812
CHAPTER 5
Demobilization
CHAPTER 6
The Royal Navy, Ruler of the Seas
CHAPTER 7
A Decade of Turbulence
APPENDIX A
The British Armed Forces
APPENDIX B
Daily Life of Soldiers and Officers
APPENDIX C
Uniforms and Arms
Military Costumes
Weapons
APPENDIX D
Reference

    
APPENDIX C Uniforms and Arms

     
    
Military Costumes ( 1 page )

     
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Officer's coat and waistcoat, King's Royal Regiment of New York, 1781-1784.
Officer's coat and waistcoat, King's Royal Regiment of New York, 1781-1784.
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This section is a collection of surviving artifacts and period artists' illustrations. Illustrated are uniform coats of officers or enlisted men from a variety of Canadian and British units that served in present-day Canada during the period 1780-1870.

    
    
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Royal Staff Corps officer's sabretache, circa 1820 Officer's shakos, British Light Dragoon regiments, circa 1820. Pattern to be used in putting braid on a rifle officer's coat, circa 1825. Officer's jacket, Queen's Light Dragoons, 1838-1850. Uniform of the Royal Montreal Cavalry, between 1832 and 1850.
Colour Sergeant's tunic, 6th Battalion Volunteer Militia of Canada, or Hochelaga Light Infantry, 1862-63. Private's tunic, Canadian Volunteer Militia, 1863 - 1870. Grenadier private's coatee, possibly of the 3rd Battalion of the Quebec Militia, circa 1803-1815. Private’s coatee, Royal Nova Scotia Regiment, circa 1801. Officer's epaulette, Argenteuil Militia, Lower Canada, circa 1813.
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