Hi To all on PF ,
After what must be the worst couple of months of my life with work and health its great to be back in a better condition and what better way to make a comeback than to review my favouritre subject releases ..Busts
Adalid have been establishing themselves since my first post :
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/a-warm-welcome-to-adalid-models.48232/watch-confirm
So its a pleasure to delve into the releases and show you one of the first , this is a great companion piece to the dashing Confederate Officer I reviewed in this post:
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/confederate-captain-from-adalid-models.48613/watch-confirm
Whats the subject of this review :
Title: Union Officer
Reference: BH 004
Scale: 1/7th
No of Pieces: 3
Material: Resin and White metal
Sculptor: Pablo Ronda
Box Art: Eduardo Sanchez
As always lets have a little bit of background on the Union and the Officers that led them .
It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army.It consisted of the small regular army , augmented by massive numbers of units supplied by the Northern states, composed of volunteers and conscript as well. The Union Army fought and eventually defeated the CSA during the war which lasted from 1861 to 1865.
Of the 2,213,363 men who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, 364,511 died in combat, or from injuries sustained in combat, disease, or other causes, and 281,881 were wounded. More than 1 out of every 4 Union soldiers was killed or wounded during the war.
Consisting of many ethinic groupls including native Indians , Coloured regiments (54th) and Irish Immigrants , about a total of 25% of the Union being foreign born ...looking for a new life in a promised land.
As in any army you had good and bad officers , mostly from well to do families but all passionate about the cause they were fighting for and often very dashing in appearance.
Union privates were paid $13 per month until after the final raise of 20 June '64, when they got $16. In the infantry and artillery, officer was as follows at the start of the war: colonels, $212; lieutenant colonels, $181; majors, $169; captains, $115.50; first lieutenants, $105.50; and second lieutenants, $105.50. Other line and staff officers drew an average of about $15 per month more. Pay for one, two, and three star generals was $315, $457, and $758, respectively.
Soldiers were supposed to be paid every two months in the field, but they were fortunate if they got their pay at four-month intervals (in the Union Army) and authentic instances are recorded where they went six and eight months. Payment in the Confederate Army was even slower and less regular.
Continued in next post:
Nap
After what must be the worst couple of months of my life with work and health its great to be back in a better condition and what better way to make a comeback than to review my favouritre subject releases ..Busts
Adalid have been establishing themselves since my first post :
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/a-warm-welcome-to-adalid-models.48232/watch-confirm
So its a pleasure to delve into the releases and show you one of the first , this is a great companion piece to the dashing Confederate Officer I reviewed in this post:
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/confederate-captain-from-adalid-models.48613/watch-confirm
Whats the subject of this review :
Title: Union Officer
Reference: BH 004
Scale: 1/7th
No of Pieces: 3
Material: Resin and White metal
Sculptor: Pablo Ronda
Box Art: Eduardo Sanchez
As always lets have a little bit of background on the Union and the Officers that led them .
It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army.It consisted of the small regular army , augmented by massive numbers of units supplied by the Northern states, composed of volunteers and conscript as well. The Union Army fought and eventually defeated the CSA during the war which lasted from 1861 to 1865.
Of the 2,213,363 men who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, 364,511 died in combat, or from injuries sustained in combat, disease, or other causes, and 281,881 were wounded. More than 1 out of every 4 Union soldiers was killed or wounded during the war.
Consisting of many ethinic groupls including native Indians , Coloured regiments (54th) and Irish Immigrants , about a total of 25% of the Union being foreign born ...looking for a new life in a promised land.
As in any army you had good and bad officers , mostly from well to do families but all passionate about the cause they were fighting for and often very dashing in appearance.
Union privates were paid $13 per month until after the final raise of 20 June '64, when they got $16. In the infantry and artillery, officer was as follows at the start of the war: colonels, $212; lieutenant colonels, $181; majors, $169; captains, $115.50; first lieutenants, $105.50; and second lieutenants, $105.50. Other line and staff officers drew an average of about $15 per month more. Pay for one, two, and three star generals was $315, $457, and $758, respectively.
Soldiers were supposed to be paid every two months in the field, but they were fortunate if they got their pay at four-month intervals (in the Union Army) and authentic instances are recorded where they went six and eight months. Payment in the Confederate Army was even slower and less regular.
Continued in next post:
Nap
