death_place death_date birth_place field birth_date article_title name
port washington , new york , u.s. 17 march 1923 new york city , new york , u.s. illustration 19 april 1873 charles m. lefferts
 charles m. lefferts
charles m. lefferts

charles mackubin lefferts -lrb- april 19 , 1873 -- march 17 , 1923 -rrb- was an american illustrator and soldier .
he served on and off in the new york national guard from 1893 onwards and enlisted in the federal army in 1917 .
he retired from the army in 1921 , having attained the rank of lieutenant .
in his early years he lived in wilkes-barre , pennsylvania , where he met his future wife anne harrison .
lefferts spent most of his time outside of the military studying uniforms of the american revolution .
a self-taught artist , he recorded his meticulous research efforts by making many illustrations of uniforms used by all of the forces involved in the war and also by collection illustrations made by other artists .
he was made a member of the new-york historical society in 1909 .
three years after his death , the society published many of his images and their descriptions in a book titled `` uniforms of the armies in the war of the american revolution , 1775-1783 '' .
