"Coffin's Loyalist Light Horse" Topic

Have a few spare figures in Tarleton Helments – so am thinking of painting up some figures to repreent Coffin's detachment of Light Horse which served in South Carolina in 1781 – Hobkirk's Hill and Eutaw Springs

As the troops were a mixture from different units – and thoughts out there on uniform coats – if I remember rightly some of them were from the South Carolina Royalists – which could suggest red jackets faced yellow? Any thoughts out there??

Probably hunting shirts…
Even the (in)famous British Legion were probably not in uniform, but dressed for the weather half the time. Except for the time that Lee's Legon captured all them Tories by showing up looking like them, of course.

Fannings Corps are listed for being at Hobkirk's Hill. As are 60 men from the King's Aerican Dragoons (red jackets, with blue facings and lgt Drgn helmet. Inne's Carolina Royalist unit was a Legion with a mix of Cavalry and infnatry. They were at Hobkriks Hill with about 100 men. Also there were NY VOL-150; Vol-Ireland Rgt-150;

: Eutaw Springs, SC. A very intense battle with over 30% casualties suffered by each side. The British/Loyalist force (1800) (1st Bn Delancey NY Rgt-73; NY VOL-47; Skinner's NJ Vol-66; Provential Lgt Inf-108) under Colonel A Stewart repulsed the Patriot (2000) attack.

The saqme units were not at both.
Thew South Carolina Dragoons are reported as being at Quinby Bridge with 150 men. (red coats with yellow facings.

Thanks for the feedback so far.

I think that it is the same unit of Loyalist light horse at both Eutaw Springs and Hobkirks Hill – Captain John Coffin commands both units. What little I can find on it seems to indicate it was made up of a number of New Yorkers and some South Carolinians.

I don't believe that the Kings American Dragoons as they are not organized in New York till mid year of 1781. I belive that they end up sweeping up a number of men from smaller existing units – which is perhaps the reason why they get the credit for that battle.

The South Carolina Royalists started life as an infantry formation – but did mount several companies becoming the South Carolina Dragoons that you mention.

My ,02

KING'S AMERICAN DRAGOONS raised and commandeed by Lt Col Thompson . The dragoons were attached to King's American Rgt; Some writeres also consider the unit as being called theNew York Dragoons. Had sixty dragoons fighting at Hobrick's Hill, 4-25-81. The following list has these units including the King's American Dragoons at Hobkirk's Hill.
King's American Rgt (150)
New York Volunteers (150)
Volunteers of Ireland (150)
King's American Dragoons (60)
SC Royalist (100)
SC Militia ? (100)
63rd British Foot Rgt (150)
2 x 6pdr guns

As you can see in the Eutaw Springs numbers the units listed was not all of the troops fighting. Other units and militia were their
One source list for British Loyalist forces for Eutaw Springs.
3rd British Foot Rgt ((340)
63rd Foot Rgt (95)
64th Foot Rgt (180)
2/ 84th Highland Rgt (82)
Converged ‘Flank' Elite Bn from the 3rd, 19th and 30th Rgts (280)
1st/ Delancey's Bn (75)
New Jersey Volunteers ( 66)
New York Volunteers (47)
Provencial Light Infantry (108)
SC Loyalist Cavalry (70)
1 x 3pdr, 1 x 4pdr & 2 x 6pdr guns