New Releases for October 2023 - American Civil War (1 Viewer)

[Julie]

NEW RELEASES FOR OCTOBER 2023
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
ARTILLERY



CSART-14
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY.
ARTILLERY CREW ARRIVING.
(10 pcs)
PLEASE NOTE THIS SET COMES IN TWO BOXES


THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS, 1861.
THE ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH,
1[SUP]st[/SUP] ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY

The Seventy men of the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Rockbridge Artillery were organized in April 1861 by Virginia Military Institute professor John McCausland. William N. Pendleton took command of the battery in late April after McCausland was transferred to command another unit.

The battery was initially equipped with two 6 pounders from VMI and two guns from Richmond.
Pendleton named the first four guns “Mathew”, “Mark”, “Luke” and “John”, after the Apostles.

The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican-American War to the American Civil War.
It fired a 6.1lb round shot up to a distance of 1,523yds at 5 degree elevation. It could also fire canister shot and spherical case shot.

The cannon was used during the early years of the American Civil War, but it was soon outclassed by newer field guns such as the 12 pounder Napoleon.
In the Union Army, the 6-pounders were replaced as soon as more modern weapons became available and none were manufactured after 1862. However the Confederate States Army continued to use the cannon for a longer period because the lesser industrial capacity of the South could not produce newer guns as fast as the North.

On 18[SUP]th[/SUP] July the battery moved east with the Stonewall Brigade to link up with Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard’s troops at Manassas Junction. On 21[SUP]st[/SUP] July during the First Battle of Manassas, Pendleton’s Battery was among the Confederate batteries defending the key position of the battle, Henry House Hill. The Battery was visited by Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who had gone to Manassas to watch the battle, during the Union retreat. In the aftermath of the battle, the battery received captured Union cannon.



ROCKART-09
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS, 1861.
THE ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH,
1[SUP]st[/SUP] ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY
“JOHN” ARTILLERY CREW ARRIVING.
(10 pcs)
PLEASE NOTE THIS SET COMES IN TWO BOXES

 

[Julie]

THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS, 1861,
THE ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH
THE FIRST BRIGADE
THE 4[SUP]th[/SUP] VIRGINIA INFANTRY.

The 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Brigade of the Army of the Shenandoah, commanded by Brigadier-General Thomas J. Jackson, earned their legendary nickname at First manassas on 21[SUP]st[/SUP] July 1861. Arriving on the battlefield in time to stem the Federal tide sweeping back the confederate left flank, they gained immortality when General Barnard E. Bee, declared: “Look at Jackson’s Brigade! It stands there like a stone wall!”

It was shortly before noon when Jackson arrived at the summit of Henry Hill with his 2,000 Virginians. He rapidly grasped the situation and organized his men into a superb defensive position, which the Northern regiments were unable to break down, and in the end were to wear themselves out in their repeated attempts.
Jackson had situated his men at the edge of the pine woods on Henry Hill, and had ordered them to kneel and lie down to avaid enemy fire.

The 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Virginia served with the Army of Northern Virginia until the end of the war. It was organized along with the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP], 5[SUP]th[/SUP], 27[SUP]th[/SUP] and 33[SUP]rd[/SUP] Virginia Regiments to make up the famous Stonewall Brigade.



CS4V-12
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS, 1861
THE ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH, FIRST BRIGADE,
4[SUP]th[/SUP] VIRGINIA REGIMENT,
INFANTRY OFFICER.
(1 pc)


THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863
CONFEDERATE DISMOUNTED CAVALRY

The Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War, as well as the largest ever to take place on American soil. It was fought on June 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863, around Brandy Station, Virginia at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign by the Union cavalry under Maj.Gen. Alfred Pleasonton against Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry.After an all day fight in which fortunes changed repeatedly, the Federals retired without discovering Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry camped near Culpeper. This battle marked the end of the Confederate cavalry’s dominance in the East. From this point in the war the Federal cavalry gained strength and confidence.The Battle saw nine thousand Union cavalrymen and three thousand Union infantry clash with ten thousand Confederate horsemen. The fighting lasted for roughly twelve hours and covered dozens of square miles.

Unknown to the Confederates, 12,000 Union men had massed on the other side of the Rappahannock River.
Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, commanding the Cavalry Corps of the Army of The Potomac, had organized his combined armed forces into two wings, under Brig. Gen. John Buford and David McMurtrie Gregg, augmented by infantry brigades from the V Corps.
Buford’s wing, accompanied by Pleasonton, consisted of hus own 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Cavalry Division, a reserve brigade led by Maj. Charles J. Whiting, and an infantry brigade of 3,000 men under Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames.

Gregg’s wing was the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Cavalry Division, led by Col. Alfred N. Duffie, the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Cavalry Division led by Gregg, and an infantry brigade under Brig. Gen. David A. Russell.

The commander of the Army of the Potomac, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, interpreted the enemy’s cavalry presence around Culpeper to be indicative of preparations for a raid of his army’s supply lines. In reaction to this, he ordered Pleasonton’s force on a “spoiling raid”, to “disperse and destroy” the Confederates.
Pleasonton’s attack plan called for a two-pronged thrust at the enemy. Buford’s wing would cross the river at Beverly’s Ford, two miles northeast of Brandy Station, at the same time, Gregg would cross at Kelly’s Ford, six miles downstream to the southeast.
Pleasonton anticipated that the Southern cavalry would be caught in a double envelopment, surprised, outnumbered, and beaten.
He was, however, unaware of the precise disposition of the enemy and he incorrectly assumed that his force was substantially larger than the Confederates he faced.

The increased accuracy and range of rifled firearms and artillery had brought an end to battle cavalry as used by Frederick the great, Napoleon and as recently as in the wars of the Crimea and Italy.
Cavalry had learned to fight mounted and dismounted, in effect becoming dragoons.

Cavalry, normally did not now participate in battles, operating instead in front of and on the edges of armies.
They could be scouts, raiders, escorts for wagon trains and mounted generals.
The glory years of the horse soldier were almost over. In less than a hundred years they would be replaced by aircraft, motorized and mechanized units.

When a cavalry regiment dismounted, one trooper out of every four held the reins of his own horse and three of his comrades.

A typical cavalry charge against cavalry was a relatively rare occurrence, usually with one side or the other breaking and bolting before contact. If hand to hand combat ensued, the fighting was confusing, vicious and protracted. If one side committed reserve squadrons to the fray, they often carried the day.



CSBS-181920D
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863,
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, CAVALRY DIVISION,
DISMOUNTED CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMEN.
(3 pcs)

CSBS-18
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863,
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, CAVALRY DIVISION,
DISMOUNTED CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN.
(1 pc)

CSBS-19
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863,
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, CAVALRY DIVISION,
DISMOUNTED CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN.
(1 pc)

CSBS-20
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863,
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, CAVALRY DIVISION,
DISMOUNTED CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN.
(1 pc)




CSBS-21
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865
THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9[SUP]th[/SUP], 1863,
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, CAVALRY DIVISION,
DISMOUNTED CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN.
(1 pc)

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[Terp152]

Fantastic release and I am looking fwd to the Union limber with team being issued.

BTW, Gen'l Lee sent all 6 pounder pieces to the Richmond foundry in early 1863 to be melted down and recast into 12 pounder Napoleons.

 

[mestell]

Another outstanding ACW release. The Reb horse drawn limber with riders and the 4th VA Inf officer are on my must have list . . .

Mike

 

[Terp152]

Another outstanding ACW release. The Reb horse drawn limber with riders and the 4th VA Inf officer are on my must have list . . .

Mike

Mike, I will give you counter-battery fire from my Union guns! :smile2: Chris

 

[mestell]

Mike, I will give you counter-battery fire from my Union guns! :smile2: Chris

Fire away Chris . . . Boy these Arty sets are getting pricey. Anxious for the Caissons . . .

Mike

 

[jason foote]

Brilliant. Loving the continuous flow of ACW releases. Thank you John, you are giving collectors exactly what we need / want