Brawner's Farm Baptism of Fire (2 Viewers)

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

A great collection of figures used here Chris, including the ones I sculpted for Conte and Ertle/W. Britain many years ago.

I hope to build a Miller's Cornfield one of these days... if I can convince Ericka to help as she did for the Mississippian Indian Village we did a while ago. It was a tremendous amount of work but well worth it.

We visited Antietam again about a month ago and I took many photographs again hoping to revisit the subject when I drag my figures out again.
Here is a quote from the period...
"Every Stalk Of Corn"
Americans fought back and forth across the Cornfield for three hours. Those three hours may encompass the most concentrated fury in American history. The Union First Corps and Twelfth Corps were fought out. On the Confederate side, Jackson's Corps and Hood's Division were wrecked.

The battle moved on. Union [Major] General Hooker described what was left:

"Every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few minutes before. It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal battle-field."
Here is a recent picture we took on our visit...

This is a period style planting of Corn and squash at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan...

Ken Osen

 

[Lo1863]

I am soooooo looking forward to the upcoming ACW releases from Britains! They cannot get here fast enough!

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

Here is an image of the corn that Ericka and I built for a museum diorama, and another one of some Iron Brigade conversions with the stock white metal castings of corn.
Note the beans and squash in the first image. This was a common practice in early farming to maximize the yield and to keep down some of the invasive weeds.
.

The corn combined with the snake rail fencing we make should replicate the look of Miller's cornfield when it is populated with the W.Britain Iron Brigade figures.

Now I just need to get one of the new W. Britain Millers Cornfield set...
Ken

 

[Terp152]

Terrific pics Ken. The farmer's garden you made in my farm dio board is a masterpiece. Looking fwd to acquiring some sections of your new rock wall and fence sections. Chris