CONTINENTAL MARINES COLONEL UNIFORM

Lapels: Red, Epaulettes: Two silver epaulettes

CONTINENTAL MARINES CAPTAIN UNIFORM

Lapels: White, Epaulettes: Two silver epaulettes

CONTINENTAL MARINES LIEUTENANT UNIFORM

Lapels: White, Epaulettes: One silver epaulette on right shoulder

CONTINENTAL ARMY COLONEL UNIFORM

Lapels: Red, Epaulettes: Two gold epaulettes

CONTINENTAL ARMY MAJOR UNIFORM

Lapels: White, Epaulettes: Two gold epaulettes

CONTINENTAL ARMY CAPTAIN UNIFORM

Lapels: White, Epaulettes: One gold epaulette on right shoulder

CONTINENTAL ARMY INFANTRY UNIFORM

Two Options: Tan Waistcoat with Tan Breeches and White Waistcoat and Breeches

CONTINENTAL NAVY LIEUTENANT AND SEAMAN UNIFORM

Lapel: Plain Cuff: Plain, Epaulettes: None

This uniform serves as both the lieutenant's uniform and the enlisted seaman's uniform.

Two Options: Red Waistcoat with Blue Breeches and White Waistcoat and Breeches

CONTINENTAL NAVY COMMANDER UNIFORM

Lapel: Blue unlined, Cuff: Plain, Epaulettes: One left shoulder

Two Options: Red Waistcoat with Blue Breeches and White Waistcoat and Breeches

CONTINENTAL NAVY CAPTAINS UNIFORM 1st Grade

Lapel: Blue unlined, Cuff: Plain, Epaulettes: One right shoulder

Two Options: Red Waistcoat with Blue Breeches and White Waistcoat and Breeches

CONTINENTAL NAVY CAPTAINS UNIFORM

Captain
Lapel: Blue unlined, Cuff: Plain, Epaulettes: Two

Two Options: Red Waistcoat with Blue Breeches and White Waistcoat and Breeches

((These distinctions are taken from the Royal Navy Officers: Uniform Distinctions under the 1795-1812 Regulations with some minor changes))

Jabberwock War Historic Equivalence

Our Battle with the Jabberwock Pirates is going to take place on Sunday August 9th 2pm.

On Jefferson's inauguration as president in 1801, Yusuf Karamanli, the Pasha (or Bashaw) of Tripoli, demanded $225,000 from the new administration. (In 1800, Federal revenues totaled a little over $10 million.) Putting his long-held beliefs into practice, Jefferson refused the demand. Consequently, in May 1801, the Pasha declared war on the United States, not through any formal written documents but by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. Consulate. Algiers and Tunis soon followed their ally in Tripoli.

The Barbary Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Barbary_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates