A regiment of Green Mountain Rangers was raised by Congress in July, 1775 and was 500 strong.  Previously settlers in the regions of Vermont and New Hampshire had banded together into units of militia.  These small companies were formed into regiments under Colonel Ethan Allen and styled the Green Mountain Boys and were at Fort Ticonderoga and Bunker Hill.  The earlier unit was probably clothed in their normal everyday clothing or the hunting shirt.  The later regiment were dressed in a green coat with red facings, buckskin breeches and waistcoats.  Officers carried a light musket or fusil when in the field.

[SOURCE:  R. J. Marrion.  Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America.  Uniforms of the American War of Independence.  A series of 24 collector cards.  Victoria Gallery, London, England. 1992.]

[SOURCE: Uniforms of the American War of Independence. A series of 24 collector cards.  Illustration by R. J. Marrion.  Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America.  Victoria Gallery, London, England.  1992.]

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