Imagine being payed to dress up and re-enact historical drill. Imagine a group of university and college students having the honour of playing with the U.S Marines Drum and Bugle Core and Silent Drill Team. That my friends is the Fort Henry Guard, which i am proud to say I am a part of. This orginization is made up university students dedicated to the care of Fort Henry, A Fort in Kingston Ontario Canada, We dress up and enact all the drill of the period as well as giving tours and being knowlegable about the Fort. As such I am looking for anyone on the site who has extensive knowledge of British Uniforms of the 1860s. Anyone who can direct me to any websites or post any pictures are more then welcome. Anything relatling to Highland Regiments would be particullarly welcome

Thanks in Advance.

College students manning the fort! Oh, Canada!

One thought, though: before you 'take the field' as a 'living historian,' be sure to read up on more than just uniforms and drill in Her Majesty's Army in this time. Be able to tell people what life was like for "tommy lobster" in and out of the army. One excellent place to start, of course, is Rudyard Kipling. Check out "barrack-room ballads" specifically. It's ironic, at times dark, at other times humerous, and not exactly an unbiased source, given Kipling's obvious sympathy, but it paints a more complete picture of life (and death) in Victoria's army than the sometimes too clean, too cheerful plates in Osprey books.

...and start growing that impossibly large mustache. Parliament pays you more for that.