AWI American flags

[tony of TTT]

Leon has asked me to work on some new flags for the AWI. Plan is to do British, Loyalist, Germans and American rebels. I have found a rather generalised listing of units that served but will probably need to be quite selective as it is a very long list. I'm OK with British and probably so with the Germans. One source has some of the Loyalist Militia and American raised regiments that look believable but need verifying.

What I'm short of is details of actual American colours. Various sites have flags that have very sketchy provenance mentioned and only recently drawn images. I suspect this may be a lack of evidence rather than anything else. Does anyone know of a good and reliable internet source (or an easily obtainable book) that includes known (rather than speculative) American colours used in battle in the AWI. I see a lot of 'it is thought that this was used by ...' but wonder if this is the best there is ? ANY clues would help.

Tony of TTT

[clibinarium]

Richardson's Standards and Colors of the American Revolution is considered the foremost work among wargamers at least. Not easy or cheap to get, but older American gamers seem to often have it. I don't have a copy and never got round to painting much AWI so I didn't go to the bother of hunting one down..
Richardson thought he had only covered part of the potential research material and its been 40+ years so maybe lots more is known now. Published is a different story.

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Standards_and_Colors_of_the_American_Rev.html?id=VK52AAAAMAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

You are right to be wary of websites on flags, unless they explain their sources, or their speculations are well founded (which is fine with me).

[tony of TTT]

Hi Clib

Found that book but very pricy and all copies seem to be in US. I did find one in the UK but the seller has lost the book in a move. Only other is out of my price range.

Thanks for that though, confirmed what I had found out. Looking at some reviews of the book it does seem that it might be what I need.

Tony