civil war regiments collection so far....

[Stepsue1962]

Anyone with feedback or wishing to purchase prints please drop me a line. Prints are $28 and any regiment can be done on request. My website www.heraldichistory.org is in the final stages of being set up and covers subjects including coats of arms and military uniforms. Steve

 

[James N.]

Stepsue, they look very nice and are similar overall to other uniform plates I've seen - but... You seriously need to examine if possible some articles of equipment you illustrate. The cap pouches and bayonet scabbards are especially distracting. Union cap pouches were uniformly black, though the brown on some figures would be okay for Confederates. The bayonet scabbards were very form-fitting on the spike bayonets. Also, on a related note, the angle of the bayonets is to the right - opposite to what's shown on the highlander. The zou-zou's M.1855 rifle's lockplate should be the same steel as the rest of the mountings, although I think the nosecap *might* be brass. My greatest criticism, however, is the poor Alabaman who's about to lose his knapsack because it only has a single strap!

 

[Stepsue1962]

James n. Thanks for the comments will take on board the items on equipment they are good points, however in my defence the alabama plate is meant as seen hes holding the knapsack as we would hold a rucksack just over the one shoulder intentionally presumably some did this as i and many others carry sports bags backpacks etc likewise.thanks again.

 

[James N.]

James n. Thanks for the comments will take on board the items on equipment they are good points, however in my defence the alabama plate is meant as seen hes holding the knapsack as we would hold a rucksack just over the one shoulder intentionally presumably some did this as i and many others carry sports bags backpacks etc likewise.thanks again.

I thought that might be the idea; however, rucksacks as such didn't exist yet. Unbelievable as it may seem, there is actually a book for collectors on U. S. military backpacks and knapsacks. (I haven't seen it though.) I realize that you're in England so may not have access to actual items of uniform and equipment, but I'm reminded of the mistake your countryman Phillip Haythornwaite made back in the 1970's which I've referred to before in the forum: In one of his uniform guide books on the Civil War in the 1970's he illustrated a plate on a New Hampshire regiment with a figure wearing a pith helmet. I later found out the reason for his error, a contemporary woodcut made during McClellan's 1862 Peninsula Campaign showing a N.H. regiment wearing a bizarre type of headgear known as Whipple Caps that he misinterpreted as pith helmets!

 

[Stepsue1962]

I will bow to your better knowledge james n however i still find it hard to believe that a soldier could not hang their knapsack over one shoulder if only for a short while. You have a good point on the scabbard fits mind having looked at them buts this is the reason im on this forum to get this kind of feedback. Thanks again.

 

[James N.]

I will bow to your better knowledge james n however i still find it hard to believe that a soldier could not hang their knapsack over one shoulder if only for a short while. You have a good point on the scabbard fits mind having looked at them buts this is the reason im on this forum to get this kind of feedback. Thanks again.

No question about that - it's just that it could be confusing to someone not familiar with the item in question who might mistake it for a slung item. (I'm thinking of uniform plates like Haythornwaite's that were intended as references for military modelers and the like so tried to be as clear as possible.)