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The reasons that emerge are a mixture of financial (cheaper red, russet or crimson dyes), cultural (a growing popular sense that red was the sign of an English soldier), and simple chance (an order of 1594 is that coats "be of such colours as you can best provide"). read more

Red coat or Redcoat is a historical term used to refer to soldiers of the British Army because of the red uniforms formerly worn by the majority of regiments. From the late 17th century to the early 20th century, the uniform of most British soldiers, (apart from artillery, rifles and light cavalry), included a madder red coat or coatee. read more

The Red Coats of the Revolutionary War was a semi-professional force, trained only for conventional European warfare. The British Army was relatively small in stature by European standards, but supposedly superior to the inexperienced militia forces of the Continental Army initially available to the Patriots. read more

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