Black Watch Grenadiers in America

[Bigkahuna]

I'll correct myself, if I may. I found a reference online from Google book search that appears good and states that as of 1780, the 42nd grenadiers were indeed wearing bonnets. The picture from "Don Troiani's Soldiers of the American Revolution" By Don Troiani, James Kochan shows a grenadier wearing what appears to be a Hummel or Kilmarnock bonnet. http://books.google.com/books?id=ftm...age&q=&f=false

I know Don from way back and although he is a noted expert on military garb most of his expertise is on the American Civil War. He has done many pictures of Rev War troops but his information is pretty much the same as mine. Col. Darling of the 78th Frasers thinks the Grenadiers wore the standard bonnet, but as of now I can find no documentation to confirm or deny this.