After several months spent in fantasyland I decided to make a trip back into the mainstream of our hobby with FeR's 5th New York Zouaves bust.
At the Battle of Gaines Mill, part of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, the 5th New York Zouaves, aka Duryea's Zouaves, lost 332 of the approximately 535 men engaged. Including 2 missing and presumed dead at least 121 of the casualties were killed outright or died of their wounds. It was the greatest battle fatality rate sustained by any Federal infantry unit during the war.
Kit consists of only 4 parts, well cast with little cleanup to be done, most of which was time spent carefully straightening the extremely fragile socket bayonet.
At the Battle of Gaines Mill, part of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, the 5th New York Zouaves, aka Duryea's Zouaves, lost 332 of the approximately 535 men engaged. Including 2 missing and presumed dead at least 121 of the casualties were killed outright or died of their wounds. It was the greatest battle fatality rate sustained by any Federal infantry unit during the war.
Kit consists of only 4 parts, well cast with little cleanup to be done, most of which was time spent carefully straightening the extremely fragile socket bayonet.
