Enoch's Fort at the Forks of the Cacapon (1 Viewer)

[mestell]

I have the day off, and "the weather outside is dreadful" - big winter storm raging - 8-11 inches of snow forecasted. That will push the Madison, Wisconsin snowfall for this winter to over 100" accumulation. Anyway . . .

The good news is that this morning the mailman delivered 2 sets of BM05, and FedX delivered 2 sets of VM02 and 1 set of VM03. To say the least I have been "at play".

Here are some pics of my JJD collection. I have dubbed these "Enoch's Fort at the Forks of the Cacapon. This is where the North River flows into the Cacapon River (which flows to the Potomac). Now in West Virginia, this was an important crossing in the Virginia frontier in the 1750's. George Washington surveyed this area in 1750 (pic of survey map provided), on May 5 & 6, 1755 the British 44th of foot (Sir Peter Halkett) and the 48th of Foot (Col. Thomas Dunbar) camped here on their way to Fort Duquesne with Braddock, they camped there again on August 4, 1755 on their retreat from Braddock's Defeat. A fortified stockade was built there under orders of Washington during the winter of 1756-1757. It was completed by the Spring of 1757 and was an important outpost guarding the supply road from Winchester, VA to Fort Cumberland in Maryland.

I have 2 stockade sets preorderd which I will use to complete the fort. All I can do until then is "imagine".

Enjoy - Mike

 

[mestell]

Here are some more pics of the same scene.

Mike

PS - I also have Monday off and I should be getting my first sets of JJD War of 1812 figures. Will post pics of these when I get them.

 

[Leadmen]

Thanks for posting the pictures. You are going to have one nice set-up. Four blockhouses and stockade will look neat. The figures are nice. Any set you like the best? Sometimes it is hard to choose. I got three K&C Indians today, so I am happy watching the snow come down. Leadmen

 

[mestell]

Thanks for posting the pictures. You are going to have one nice set-up. Four blockhouses and stockade will look neat. The figures are nice. Any set you like the best? Sometimes it is hard to choose. I got three K&C Indians today, so I am happy watching the snow come down. Leadmen

Its hard for me to say if I have a favorite set. For color and the "wilderness" look I lean toward the Woodland Indian and the French sets. Surprisedly, I kind of favor the Virginia Provincial marching figures also.

Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Mike

Thanks for letting us follow your excitement and enthusiasm in building your collection. Have fun playing

Randy

 

[Mister Dave]

Mike, that is a very nice collection you've got there. I agree those VM guys look pretty impressive in your display. Looks like this action could end in a draw.

I hope you have another kitchen table for your 19th century collection.

Dave