United States and Company Limited

[Didz]

I had the United States appear somewhat early in my British Campaign (over 70 years early in fact) and I've sent my British mercenaries to Virginia to deal with the rebels. I was expecting to have to deal with militia, minutemen and perhaps some long riflemen.

Instead it appears that Williamsburg is being defended by a commercial company army that looks remarkably similar to the VOC used by the Dutch in the East Indies.

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These guys are professional soldiers not rebels, is this normal?