A Long Forgotten War: The War of 1812 (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

See http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/04/19/the-war-don-remind/rrwS3yG3xCAMqih8HUTN9K/story.html for an interesting article on the War of 1812, a war we were ill equipped to carry out.

 

[Bessieres]

The War of 1812 will be the next range that I would collect.

I'm particularly interested in the Battle of New Orleans. What intrigues me is the confrontation of "rag tag irregulars" (even pirates!) under General Jackson against the orderly lines of British troops advancing.

And there's even a great song!

 

[mikemiller1955]

John was thinking of doing the Battle of New Orleans...but...sadly it never happened...

a few years ago he sent me this set of 3 marching in the regulation blue...the 3 on the right...

notice the color of their jackets...

different from the one on the left...in the gray...

which Winfield had them wear as they could not get enough of the darker blue regulation material to make jackets with...

I wish he would do it...such an eclectic group for the American side...it would have been really nice...

 

[Larry Allen]

Sometimes, I wonder if Mike and I are the only two USCH / BCH collectors? ..:rolleyes2:

There is a wealth of subjects that John can do for this range ... but I guess the interest cannot compete with other eras. Still the Battle of New Orleans would certainly be welcomed.

We need to get all the 1812 guys to start to build dioramas so John and maybe other vendors will join in .... maybe ... .... hopefully ...{sm2}
--- Larry

 

[Larry Allen]

John was thinking of doing the Battle of New Orleans...but...sadly it never happened...

a few years ago he sent me this set of 3 marching in the regulation blue...the 3 on the right...

notice the color of their jackets...

different from the one on the left...in the gray...

which Winfield had them wear as they could not get enough of the darker blue regulation material to make jackets with...

I wish he would do it...such an eclectic group for the American side...it would have been really nice...

Those 3 (blue clad) figures are really nice ... do you still have them or did you have to return them to John?
--- Larry

 

[Dragoon]

Sometimes, I wonder if Mike and I are the only two USCH / BCH collectors? ..:rolleyes2:

There is a wealth of subjects that John can do for this range ... but I guess the interest cannot compete with other eras. Still the Battle of New Orleans would certainly be welcomed.

We need to get all the 1812 guys to start to build dioramas so John and maybe other vendors will join in .... maybe ... .... hopefully ...{sm2}
--- Larry

Oh so true..... The story John started to tell seems sadly unfinished. I was always hoping for some personality figures to round out the Niagara battle front, especially a mounted figure of Winfield Scott.

 

[mikemiller1955]

There is a wealth of subjects that John can do for this range ... but I guess the interest cannot compete with other eras. Still the Battle of New Orleans would certainly be welcomed.
Larry

the American forces were an eclectic group...a hodgepodge of diversity...Jackson's army of 4,732 men comprised 968 US Army regulars, 58 US Marines, 106 seamen of the US Naval battalion, 1,060 Louisiana Militia and volunteers (including 462 free people of color), 1,352 Tennessee Militia, 986 Kentucky Militia, 150 Mississippi Militia and 52 Choctaw warriors. I read in an article years ago that he collected drunks off the street corners to man a rifle for this battle....not to mention the pirate Jean Lafitte and his Baratarians.

Those 3 (blue clad) figures are really nice ... do you still have them or did you have to return them to John?
--- Larry

I kept them...they were a gift...he asked me not to make them public...as he was considering doing the Battle of New Orleans...but that was 3 years ago so I'm pretty sure it's safe to show them now...

Oh so true..... The story John started to tell seems sadly unfinished. I was always hoping for some personality figures to round out the Niagara battle front, especially a mounted figure of Winfield Scott.

so sad...so true...I collected this series with a vengeance...mulptiples upon multiples...I even supplemented his British Royal Scots with K&C,s Coldstream Guard...which are pretty close match...

 

[Scott]

With the various plastics available it's easier to recreate the War of 1812 on your table.

 

[semperrandyfi]

Re: Lundy's Lane 25 July 1814

For the past 3 1/2 years I have been working on this nasty nighttime slugfest.I have every unit on that hill or contesting same as of 11:30 PM 25 July.Dead /dying men ,horses ,hand to hand combat,Scott's last banzai ,one battery left intact on the field.Problem is ,no one wants to display this puppy(to scale-the table would stretch out 100')and I live a stone's throw from the battlefield.Pity.

 

[Larry Allen]

Re: Lundy's Lane 25 July 1814

For the past 3 1/2 years I have been working on this nasty nighttime slugfest.I have every unit on that hill or contesting same as of 11:30 PM 25 July.Dead /dying men ,horses ,hand to hand combat,Scott's last banzai ,one battery left intact on the field.Problem is ,no one wants to display this puppy(to scale-the table would stretch out 100')and I live a stone's throw from the battlefield.Pity.

NOW THAT ... would be the Diorama to end all Dioramas.... {sm3}

I can't imagine the months or maybe years it would take to truly setup and display that scene. I would love to see you do it, so I will wish you the best of luck. I'll stick to my 6' long 1812 table .... for now. Show some pics of what you have done, if possible.
--- Larry

 

[semperrandyfi]

Re: Lundy's Lane 25 July 1814

NOW THAT ... would be the Diorama to end all Dioramas.... {sm3}

I can't imagine the months or maybe years it would take to truly setup and display that scene. I would love to see you do it, so I will wish you the best of luck. I'll stick to my 6' long 1812 table .... for now. Show some pics of what you have done, if possible.
--- Larry

1814 Niagara Campaign,the new,improved,99&44/100ths% pure U.S.Army never lost a fight.Imagine if this Army defended Washington,D.C..Also the last integrated Army 'til Korea.88 blacks in uniform at Lundy's Lane.Glengarrys had a few as well.I gave Gen.Brown a platoon from the U.S.2nd Rifles(2 officers did volunteer-1 WIA in the heel from same unit) AND a U.S.M.C.platoon off to the far right flank past Biddle's 3- 12#ers.British 103rd Regt.was by far the largest unit on the field that night.(It's the ONLY unit on my field NOT at fixed bayonet).It's flank Cos.were but when Gen Drummond asked if they would charge the enemy,they stood fast.The 103rd delivered the coup de gras to the remainder of Scott's Brigade @ 11;30P.M. with a withering volley at point blank range.It's likely Scott was fragged 20 minutes later trying to cajole Jesup into attacking.Fascinating fair fight.Who will blink first?It was the U.S.'s 1st Hamburger Hill. Remember our Fallen this Memorial Day.Over and out.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

I live near many off the battlefields and have visited them and thee forts along Lake Ontario and Niagara. I have a small collection of JJD 1812 figures. Compared to the earlier French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution, it was a pretty small conflict.

Terry