Small Wonder The Camp Color Of The Royal Highland Emigrants 1st Edition Gwen Spicer by Gwen Spicer, Matthew Keagle instant download after payment.

What follows is an analysis of one of the less familiar military flags of the

eighteenth century. While the billowing regimental colors of the era

often steal the show, this flag represents an altogether more numerous species

of vexillological artifact. This particular flag, held by the Fort Ticonderoga

Museum in New York State, is properly known as a “camp color”. As its name

suggests, it was not used on the battlefield but primarily within military camps

and its size and design reflects this usage (Figure 1). This color was carried

by a regiment of loyal British subjects in America during the Revolutionary

War and is one of only three such flags that survive from the conflict, and the

only one in the United States. Simply made of blue wool, surrounded by a

red woven tape attached with hand stitching using only moderate skills, the

flag is an example of mass production from the late eighteenth century. The

particular circumstances of the Royal Highland Emigrants camp color held

by the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, however, provide a glimpse into the birth

of the modern era through the emerging mechanics of the military-industrial

state of eighteenth-century Britain.