Stonewall Jackson's uniform question

[VirgilCole]

Hi everyone,

I am painting the Verlinden 200mm figure of Jackson. I have made some modifications to the figure, one of which is having him with knee high boats instead of the thigh high boots the figure is molded with so that one can see his pants. (I don't like the thigh high look). This figure also has him wearing the coat that (I believe) Stuart gave him. I also believe that this is the coat he wore at Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville.
It has the gold leaf on the sleeves and buff collar and cuffs.

Is it possible that he could have worn blue pants with yellow stripes down the side instead of gray paints with this coat at some point? I ask because I like the blue pants look better (adds a bit more color).

Also would he have worn a sash with this uniform in the field?

Was the cap he received from his wife gray or blue-gray. I have seen it referenced as both. I have seen pictures online of that cap and it looks gray but I assume it is faded and the pictures are a bit dark to really tell.

Lastly, did he carry a revolver/holster in the field? The figure does not come with one but I am considering making one.

I will post pictures of the figure when finished.

Thanks for any information provided!

Greg

 

[SWMODave]

Welcome aboard Greg

I apologize - I can not answer your question directly but thought I would share this from "In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery". This is after the First Battle of Manassas.

Hope this might be of some help and good luck with your project.

 

[mofederal]

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/vmi-remembers-jackson.82736/

There is a post on here about VMI and Jackson's uniform items held at VMI. It might help.

 

[DixieRifles]

I am painting the Verlinden 200mm figure of Jackson

Ive had that resin kit stored for years but I think Im ready to open up my paints and try my hand at it.
I had collected several covers of SCV's Confederate Veteran magazine and a few other color prints to find the colors I wanted to use.

My question is what color should I paint the kepi lying on the ground. The box art shows it as an artillery officer. I was wondering if this depicts Jackson was mourning one of his field officers?

Also, I will offer a bit of advice that an artist told me. Dont paint gray using only Black and White. It will be very dull. Instead mix in some color: Blue or Green for dramatic shading or maybe Yellow/Red to give it a brown tint.

Cant wait to see your changes to the kit.

 

[DixieRifles]

I think this is the kit I have.
120mm
Not that great of a paint job.

https://modelingmadness.com/review/misc/figures/stewsj.htm

 

[VirgilCole]

DixieRifles,

That is the one. I have seen your kit before. I think it looks great. I didn't like the thigh boots on the kit so with a little putty and card stock I modified it so that he has knee high boots (thus the question about pants). I also have removed his hat from his hand and put it on his head. I had to cut the top of his head off to make it work but I think it turned out pretty good. I will try to upload a picture of it soon.

 

[VirgilCole]

Here is my figure so far. Base painting done now I need to work on the washes to bring it to life.

 

[JPChurch]

Years ago I put together a little diorama of Lee, Stuart and Jackson, I/R 54mm. My little camera doesn't capture the detailing but it's there. Jackson's trousers have the double gold stripe on them as does Lee and Stuart. All three have gauntlets that have more of worn color to them. I still have this Spanish figure in approx. the same scale that I have yet to finish. The lead casting is far superior to the old I/R stuff.

 

[Jimklag]

Hi everyone,

I am painting the Verlinden 200mm figure of Jackson. I have made some modifications to the figure, one of which is having him with knee high boats instead of the thigh high boots the figure is molded with so that one can see his pants. (I don't like the thigh high look). This figure also has him wearing the coat that (I believe) Stuart gave him. I also believe that this is the coat he wore at Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville.
It has the gold leaf on the sleeves and buff collar and cuffs.

Is it possible that he could have worn blue pants with yellow stripes down the side instead of gray paints with this coat at some point? I ask because I like the blue pants look better (adds a bit more color).

Also would he have worn a sash with this uniform in the field?

Was the cap he received from his wife gray or blue-gray. I have seen it referenced as both. I have seen pictures online of that cap and it looks gray but I assume it is faded and the pictures are a bit dark to really tell.

Lastly, did he carry a revolver/holster in the field? The figure does not come with one but I am considering making one.

I will post pictures of the figure when finished.

Thanks for any information provided!

Greg

Hey, Virgil Cole. Where's Everett Hitch? Is Virgil Cole your name or are you a Robert B. Parker fan?

 

[VirgilCole]

Just a fan of Robert B Parker. LOL

 

[mofederal]

Virgil Cole was the B/N of Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton in Flight of the Intruder.

 

[DixieRifles]

Oooh. Flight of the Intruder.
Not Flight of the Phoenix.

I guess we arent related, then.

 

[James N.]

Hi everyone,

I am painting the Verlinden 200mm figure of Jackson. I have made some modifications to the figure, one of which is having him with knee high boats instead of the thigh high boots the figure is molded with so that one can see his pants. (I don't like the thigh high look). This figure also has him wearing the coat that (I believe) Stuart gave him. I also believe that this is the coat he wore at Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville.
It has the gold leaf on the sleeves and buff collar and cuffs.

Is it possible that he could have worn blue pants with yellow stripes down the side instead of gray paints with this coat at some point? I ask because I like the blue pants look better (adds a bit more color).

Also would he have worn a sash with this uniform in the field?

Was the cap he received from his wife gray or blue-gray. I have seen it referenced as both. I have seen pictures online of that cap and it looks gray but I assume it is faded and the pictures are a bit dark to really tell.

Lastly, did he carry a revolver/holster in the field? The figure does not come with one but I am considering making one.

I will post pictures of the figure when finished.

Thanks for any information provided!

Greg

Hi, VirgilCole - welcome to the forums in general, and the Stonewall Jackson Forum in particular!

You might find this thread I created some time ago to be helpful about Jackson's "true appearance":
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/thomas-jonathan-jackson-in-photographs.114081/

It looks like the Verlinden kit depicts Jackson at the end of his life wearing the coat Stuart gave him and which was destroyed when his staff surgeon Dr. Hunter McGuire cut it off him at Chancellorsville - note the two-button configuration on it, compared with his earlier, rumpled coat from earlier in 1862. Jackson was SO casual about his appearance I seriously doubt he ever wore the fancy twin-stripe trousers he's so often depicted in, but at this point, who's to say. His dove-gray kepi, a gift from his wife that had been purchased in a Richmond shop, has been discussed and survives in the collection at VMI; however, it's known he cut the braid trim off and gave it to little Jane Corbin as a plaything, so its current appearance is in question:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/vmi-remembers-jackson.82736/#post-1119379

Although the former Museum of the Confederacy has a cased Lefaucheaux revolver that was presented to Jackson by his men it's doubtful he ever carried it or any sidearm other than his U. S. M.1850 Staff and Field Officer's Sword, of which he was notoriously negligent.

 

[DixieRifles]

Today we had a field trip for 5th Graders from one of the middle schools. The temp dropped to 39 degrees so it was cold after almost a month of nice Spring weather.
One of our team who was talking about medical treatment of wounded, decided he needed a heavy wool coat, so he wore this. He said it was a replica of the uniform that Stonewall Jackson wore when he left VMI and entered the service as a Colonel.
This color is Cadet Grey.

I asked him to pose with his Starbucks coffee.

 

[James N.]

Today we had a field trip for 5th Graders from one of the middle schools. The temp dropped to 39 degrees so it was cold after almost a month of nice Spring weather.
One of our team who was talking about medical treatment of wounded, decided he needed a heavy wool coat, so he wore this. He said it was a replica of the uniform that Stonewall Jackson wore when he left VMI and entered the service as a Colonel.
This color is Cadet Grey.

Nothing could possibly be less correct - here's a photo I took this afternoon at VMI showing the dark blue uniform of a VMI professor at left that Jackson not only wore when he entered Confederate service, but continued to wear at Bull Run and the first part of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign at Kernstown:

It has had shoulder straps of a brigadier general added to it to reflect his rank at Bull Run and he appears to have never bothered to change them out upon his promotion to major general. He did not wear gray until he was presented with a new gray uniform by the ladies of Staunton before the battle of McDowell in early May, 1862.

 

[DixieRifles]

Nothing could possibly be less correct - here's a photo I took this afternoon at VMI showing the dark blue uniform of a VMI professor at left that Jackson not only wore when he entered Confederate service,

That was what I thought, too — and I told him. I recall paintings of Jackson at Manasas that had him in a dark uniform. So I thought this replica was meant to be an earlier VMI uniform.
He sure paid out a lot of Buck$ for the wrong thing.

 

[James N.]

That was what I thought, too — and I told him. I recall paintings of Jackson at Manasas that had him in a dark uniform. So I thought this replica was meant to be an earlier VMI uniform.
He sure paid out a lot of Buck$ for the wrong thing.

It looks like an acceptable reproduction of a regulation Confederate staff colonel's uniform, but is like nothing Jackson himself ever wore: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/thomas-jonathan-jackson-in-photographs.114081/

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Here is my figure so far. Base painting done now I need to work on the washes to bring it to life.


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Great job Greg !
That's fantastic work.

Although not a model, here's my Stonewall Jackson figure:

Actually this a whiskey decanter from the 1970's.

 

[James N.]

Great job Greg !
That's fantastic work.

Although not a model, here's my Stonewall Jackson figure:

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Actually this a whiskey decanter from the 1970's.

This was one of four Confederate subjects issued by McCormack Whisky; the other three were Lee, Jeff Davis, and Jeb Stuart. (There was also at least a Lincoln and a Grant.) I also have the Jackson but one day he came a cropper, landing on his head shattering it, making it necessary to find a replacement on Ebay.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

This was one of four Confederate subjects issued by McCormack Whisky; the other three were Lee, Jeff Davis, and Jeb Stuart. (There was also at least a Lincoln and a Grant.) I also have the Jackson but one day he came a cropper, landing on his head shattering it, making it necessary to find a replacement on Ebay.

Yeah, I've got Jeff Davis as well . . . Davis broke his hand off, but a little superglue made him whole again.
Maybe one day I'll try to find Lee & Stuart.

McCormick produced many sets of historical decanters during the mid 70's bicentennial era.
I also liked their George Washington & John Paul Jones decanters.