16097 - 42nd Foot Royal Highland Regiment Grenadier Standing Firing, No.2, 1758-63 WarPark - War Scene ACW070 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers Captain

ACW070 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers Captain

A crouching infantryman prepares to fire the Type 89 ‘Knee Mortar’

also known as The United States Regiment or the 1st Infantry Regiment

Travelling with him was his daughter

16097 - 42nd Foot Royal Highland Regiment Grenadier Standing Firing, No.2, 1758-63 WarPark - War Scene ACW070 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers Captain42nd Royal Highland Regiment Grenadier Standing Firing, No. 2, 1758 63 This Grenadier wears a uniform largely based on the painting done by David Morier between 1748 49, but there were certainly changes made in the details of dress by the time the regiment arrived in North America in 1756. On actual service it is hard to know how many men actually wore the bearskin caps and carried Highland broadswords although they are referenced from time to time.