CAMPFOLLOWERS 

of The 55th Regt., Compy. of Light Infantry

                                                                Photo by Karen Garland

               Women and children who are attached to the soldiers of the light infantry company are welcomed and encouraged to 

participate with the unit, but must stay in costume at all times, and will be held to as strict historical guidelines as the soldiers. 

Any woman or campfollower with questions regarding clothing, or a campfollowers role in the military, should visit the 44th 

Regiment’s Campfollowers Guidelines found on their website: http://44thregiment.itgo.com/cfguidelines.html 

               Our campfollowers are encouraged to develop backgrounds for their characters, to interpret the life of a campfollower, 

and to take part in our activities whenever appropriate. We want to keep our campfollowers involved in demonstrations and 

presentations just as the soldiers are. We encourage our campfollowers to develop historically accurate scenarios to take part in, 

such as: ration/pay calls, nurse duties, gardening, laundry, &c.

Some interpretation ideas for women:

Laundress / washerwoman

Nurse

School-mistress / tutor

Sutler

Moneychanger 

Servant