Hi to all on PF ,
After painting a ACW bust I decided to have a look at some of the stuff from a well known member on this planet of ours , hailing from the other side of the world to me and the beautiful island of New Zealand it is of course ...big drum roll folks .....ANDY CAIRNS ....aka "amcairns" on PF
So I unlocked my wifes purse (cheers Carole) and contacted SK miniatures who with their usual excellent customer service sent the subject of this review namely :
Before we have a look at the actual model a bit of background to the war that had brother fighting against brother .
The causes of the Civil War were complex, and have been controversial since the war began. The issue has been further complicated by revisionists, who have tried to improve the image of the South by lessening the role of slavery. Slavery was the central source of escalating political tension in the 1850s. The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery, and many Southern leaders had threatened secession if the Republican candidate, Lincoln, won the 1860 election. Following Lincoln's victory, many Southern whites felt that disunion had become their only option.
While not all Southerners saw themselves as fighting to preserve slavery, most of the officers and over a third of the rank and file in Lee's army had close family ties to slavery. To Northerners, in contrast, the motivation was primarily to preserve the Union, not to abolish slavery.
Among the states that formed the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) (February 4, 1861), with Jefferson Davis as President included :
:
Virginia (April 17, 1861),
Arkansas (May 6, 1861),
North Carolina (May 20, 1861), and
Tennessee (June 8, 1861).
The war resulted in many terrible and hard fought battles and some atrocities particularly in prison camps in particular at Andersonville where the commandant Henry Wirz was tried for war crimes by a military commission and executed .
The war resukted in the following casulaties :
For the CSA : 72, 524 killed in action with a total of an estimated 260,000 dead in total , injurys are estimated at 137.000
For the Union: 140, 414 killed in action with a total of an estimated 365,000 dead in total , injurys are extimated at a total of 275,200.........
Truely horrific figures I am sure you will agree .
As in other armies the heart of each Infantry regiment was of course the colours , this is in itself a fascinating subject to research , normally carried by senior NCO' s whose survival rate was extremely low as the colours attracted a withering hail of musket fire and frenzied attacks , so in battle the colours were often picked up by junior NCO's ie corporals and even privates .
The most famous colour is of course the one known as the "battle flag" usually square, of various sizes for the different branches of the service: 52 inches square for the infantry, 38 inches for the artillery, and 32 inches for the cavalry. It was used in battle beginning in December 1861 until the fall of the Confederacy. The blue color on the saltire in the battle flag was navy blue, as opposed to the much lighter blue of the Naval Jack.
The flag's stars represented the number of states in the Confederacy. The distance between the stars decreased as the number of states increased, reaching thirteen when the secessionist factions of Kentucky and Missouri joined in late 1861.
Flags were often painted with battle honours by the units men and even more treasured as a result .
Continued in next post:
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After painting a ACW bust I decided to have a look at some of the stuff from a well known member on this planet of ours , hailing from the other side of the world to me and the beautiful island of New Zealand it is of course ...big drum roll folks .....ANDY CAIRNS ....aka "amcairns" on PF
So I unlocked my wifes purse (cheers Carole) and contacted SK miniatures who with their usual excellent customer service sent the subject of this review namely :
Confederate Standard Bearer from the American Civil War
Before we have a look at the actual model a bit of background to the war that had brother fighting against brother .
The causes of the Civil War were complex, and have been controversial since the war began. The issue has been further complicated by revisionists, who have tried to improve the image of the South by lessening the role of slavery. Slavery was the central source of escalating political tension in the 1850s. The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery, and many Southern leaders had threatened secession if the Republican candidate, Lincoln, won the 1860 election. Following Lincoln's victory, many Southern whites felt that disunion had become their only option.
While not all Southerners saw themselves as fighting to preserve slavery, most of the officers and over a third of the rank and file in Lee's army had close family ties to slavery. To Northerners, in contrast, the motivation was primarily to preserve the Union, not to abolish slavery.
Among the states that formed the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) (February 4, 1861), with Jefferson Davis as President included :
:
- South Carolina (December 21, 1860),
- Mississippi (January 9, 1861),
- Florida (January 10, 1861),
- Alabama (January 11, 1861),
- Georgia (January 19, 1861),
- Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and
- Texas (February 1, 1861).
Virginia (April 17, 1861),
Arkansas (May 6, 1861),
North Carolina (May 20, 1861), and
Tennessee (June 8, 1861).
The war resulted in many terrible and hard fought battles and some atrocities particularly in prison camps in particular at Andersonville where the commandant Henry Wirz was tried for war crimes by a military commission and executed .
The war resukted in the following casulaties :
For the CSA : 72, 524 killed in action with a total of an estimated 260,000 dead in total , injurys are estimated at 137.000
For the Union: 140, 414 killed in action with a total of an estimated 365,000 dead in total , injurys are extimated at a total of 275,200.........
Truely horrific figures I am sure you will agree .
As in other armies the heart of each Infantry regiment was of course the colours , this is in itself a fascinating subject to research , normally carried by senior NCO' s whose survival rate was extremely low as the colours attracted a withering hail of musket fire and frenzied attacks , so in battle the colours were often picked up by junior NCO's ie corporals and even privates .
The most famous colour is of course the one known as the "battle flag" usually square, of various sizes for the different branches of the service: 52 inches square for the infantry, 38 inches for the artillery, and 32 inches for the cavalry. It was used in battle beginning in December 1861 until the fall of the Confederacy. The blue color on the saltire in the battle flag was navy blue, as opposed to the much lighter blue of the Naval Jack.
The flag's stars represented the number of states in the Confederacy. The distance between the stars decreased as the number of states increased, reaching thirteen when the secessionist factions of Kentucky and Missouri joined in late 1861.
Flags were often painted with battle honours by the units men and even more treasured as a result .
Continued in next post:
Nap
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