Found a nice American Revolution blog with this story about tempting away musicians from the 62nd foot.I am sorry to inform you that the Americans are too successful in enticing our soldiers to desert; a few days since the whole band of the 62d regiment, excepting the Master, deserted in a body, and are now playing to an American regiment in Boston. . . .
The 62nd foot were a Wiltshire based regiment and there was a time when a few of us were going to recreate them - so it's nice to see them being done so very well in the US - it's their picture at the top of this article and this picture a copy of drawings done from life in 1777 by Von Germann is on their website.
For a British based Redcoat unit of the period try the 47th or the 23rd in Wales.
