War of 1812 American Cavalry and Artillery

American Light Dragoons

Here is the 2nd Light Dragoons, this uniform is good to represent 1812 to 1815. My American Light Dragoons are made from Perry British Hussars with a very modified French Dragoon head. I also green stuffed the blanket and made the coats longer. They were present at most battles in the War of 1812. Their pants would be either white or blue with a white stripe. American campaign pant for 1812 to 1813 were to be blue, but colour shortages meant many units had their summer pants.

 This is the correct plume for American Light Dragoons. All uniform depictions showing a plume on the left side are incorrect and have been based on post war examples. These were a lot of work to convert, Knuckleduster makes these guys; if I was to do it again I would probably just buy KD!

Second and Third Regiment of Foot Artillery

Here is my Anerican artillery, these uniforms can represent 1812 to 1814. Many of them would have had new uniforms by 1814, but many would have retained the uniforms shown here. These are Victrix British artillery men with modified Perry shakos. The cannons are Perry Napoleonic French. This is three 6 pounders and one howitzer. Most American howitzers had bronze or brass barrels, while there other guns were iron.

Heavy Artillery and Light Artillery

The 12 pounders on the left would represent 12 or most 18 pounder American guns. Most of their 18 pounders were actually rebored 12 pounders. The light artillery to the right are made from Perry British artillery men with modified plastic shakos. They have Old Glory French 4 pounders. Most American Light Artillery were equipped with light 6 pounders, but they also had 4 pounders.