The American Civil War in 20mm......... (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

Put together a couple of displays today; the first one is the Union attack on the lower end of Culps Hill on July 3rd, 1863.........

 

[mestell]

Put together a couple of displays today; the first one is the Union attack on the lower end of Culps Hill on July 3rd, 1863.........

Now you have really caught my interest George. A very nicely done diorama. My wife's Great Great Uncle John Ayres Entsminger (Company E, 52nd Va Infantry) fought at/on Culp's Hill on 7/3/63. Its incredible what you do in 20mm. Huzzah!
Mike

 

[Warrior]

Now you have really caught my interest George. A very nicely done diorama. My wife's Great Great Uncle John Ayres Entsminger (Company E, 52nd Va Infantry) fought at/on Culp's Hill on 7/3/63. Its incredible what you do in 20mm. Huzzah!
Mike

Thanks Mike, keep an eye on this thread as I've got about another 30 more pictures to upload.

The last time I went to Gettysburg ( I go there two or three times per year), I spent great deal of time on Culps Hill and Cemetery Hill.............

 

[Warrior]

Troops from the 3rd Wisconsin, 2 Massachusetts, 27th Indiana and 13th New Jersey under the command of Colgrove, Union XII Corps attempt to dislodge Confederates who've taken possession of Union trenches at the base of Culps Hill.......

Michael,
That is pretty amazing stuff; the 52 Virginia was part of Ewell's II Corps, Early's Division along with the 31st and 49th Virginia. They were heavily involved in the action around Spanglers Spring and Meadow..........

 

[Warrior]

The Union attack across Spangler's Meadow is halted with heavy losses and the Confederates prepare to attack the union position across Pardee Field..............

 

[Warrior]

Here's a smaller one; union forces defend a farm complex vs advancing southerners........

 

[Warrior]

Confederate forces charge across a recently harvested corn field into Union entrenchments supported by artillery pieces..........

 

[mestell]

Troops from the 3rd Wisconsin, 2 Massachusetts, 27th Indiana and 13th New Jersey under the command of Colgrove, Union XII Corps attempt to dislodge Confederates who've taken possession of Union trenches at the base of Culps Hill.......

Michael,
That is pretty amazing stuff; the 52 Virginia was part of Ewell's II Corps, Early's Division along with the 31st and 49th Virginia. They were heavily involved in the action around Spanglers Spring and Meadow..........

Oh don't I know all to well George. I have my wife's GG Uncle's war record, a complete history book of the 52 VA Inf, and copies of many letters he wrote home to his older brother (my wife's GG Grandfather). Been to Gettysburg on many occasion as a tourist and also as a CW re-enactor. Participated in the 135th anniversary of the battle - we recreated the largest Pickett's Charge ever done since the real one - over 5,000 Confederate reenactors. I used to do living history events portraying myself as John Entsminger - lots of fun.

All your photos by the way are fabulous.

Mike

 

[Warrior]

Oh don't I know all to well George. I have my wife's GG Uncle's war record, a complete history book of the 52 VA Inf, and copies of many letters he wrote home to his older brother (my wife's GG Grandfather). Been to Gettysburg on many occasion as a tourist and also as a CW re-enactor. Participated in the 135th anniversary of the battle - we recreated the largest Pickett's Charge ever done since the real one - over 5,000 Confederate reenactors. I used to do living history events portraying myself as John Entsminger - lots of fun.

All your photos by the way are fabulous.

Mike

Mike,
That is great to have such history in ones family, glad you were able to participate in the charge as well.

Hopefully you can get to Gettysburg for either the April or August Toy Soldier shows, both are very good, in particular the April one..........

 

[mikemiller1955]

George...

great set up...I love the massive numbers...soooooo cool!!!

 

[UKReb]

George

Yet another one of your scintillating 20mm displays representing an important counterattack by Meade's troops that has always been over-shadowed by Pickett's charge and repulse later the same day.

Sterling stuff George and I always have great pleasure in viewing your work.

Now if only Ewell had been blessed with Jackson's "killer instinct" the third day would have been a whole different story. I am a strong exponent of the fact that Ewell's failure on July 1st to pursue the remnants of the completely routed Union I & IX Corps up Cemetery Ridge and Culp's Hill has to be one of the most costly mistakes in American military history.

Reb

 

[aujj65]

George, nice photos! I see many different makes of figures (I think?) Not Waterloo, but I see you have a few Napoleons in there

Jeff

 

[UKReb]

George

Yet another one of your scintillating 20mm displays representing an important counterattack by Meade's troops that has always been over-shadowed by Pickett's charge and repulse later the same day.

Sterling stuff George and I always have great pleasure in viewing your work.

Now if only Ewell had been blessed with Jackson's "killer instinct" the third day would have been a whole different story. I am a strong exponent of the fact that Ewell's failure on July 1st to pursue the remnants of the completely routed Union I & IX Corps up Cemetery Ridge and Culp's Hill has to be one of the most costly mistakes in American military history.

Reb

Whoops! just noticed I had my Roman Numerals around the wrong way should read I & XI Corps not IX.

George wouldn't want your troops to fire an enfilade along my flanks for making such a faux pas

Reb

 

[Warrior]

Thanks Mike, Jeff and Bob.

Bob, couldn't agree with you more about Culps Hill and Cemetery Hill; had Ewell attacked on the 1st, he would have easily drove the Union troops off of both positions. By not doing so, he allowed them to build up the defenses and make fortresses out of both spots.

That said, the Confederates STILL almost took Cemetery Hill on the second day.

Also, the attack on the third day was disrupted by the Union attack I depicted here; had it gone off when it should have, the Union lines would have been hit in two places at once and who knows how it would have turned out.

As it was, had the Confederates succeeded on the third day at the base of Culps Hill across Pardee Field, they would have come out at McKnights (now Stevens) Knoll and essentially surrounded Culps Hill.

The ground in that area is very confusing; my cousin and I walked the entire area this past fall from Spanglers Spring to up along the base of Culps Hill to all the way round to where Hokes men under the command of Avery (6th, 21st and 57th NC, Ewells Corps) attacked across the base of Cemetery Hill, it was uphill almost the entire way and we were in full view of the guns on Stevens Knoll, impressive that they got to the summit of Cemetery Hill through that crossfire..............

 

[Combat]

I was up on Little Round Top this week and there wasn't a single other person there. Man it's hard to really visualize what that must have been like on July 2, 1863 from that vantage point. With all the computer technology, you would think someone would put together a program that plays out these battles as they actually looked. I think seeing it would be a much different experience than reading about it even if you are an expert on the battle. I know the park service sells some basic CDs that show the movements of the troops hour by hour, but something with greater detail would be a winner. It would sure help a lot to untangle Culp's Hill and many other confusing aspects of the battle. Anyway those 20mm dios put me in mind of it. A great display George.

 

[Warrior]

I was up on Little Round Top this week and there wasn't a single other person there. Man it's hard to really visualize what that must have been like on July 2, 1863 from that vantage point. With all the computer technology, you would think someone would put together a program that plays out these battles as they actually looked. I think seeing it would be a much different experience than reading about it even if you are an expert on the battle. I know the park service sells some basic CDs that show the movements of the troops hour by hour, but something with greater detail would be a winner. It would sure help a lot to untangle Culp's Hill and many other confusing aspects of the battle. Anyway those 20mm dios put me in mind of it. A great display George.

Thanks Doug, I agree with you 100%; there are times I am on that battlefield and I can "see" the troops, while other times I look out across the fields and just see trees, grass, fences, etc, no troops.

Other than Taunton Ma, 35 Pilgrim village, Unit #902, my favorite place to be on earth is Gettsyburg PA, will be there for the April and August shows and again in October/November as part of a trip with my cousin and we'll also be hitting Antietam................

 

[HAWKEYE]

Great display george, i am going on my daughter's field trip to dc in june and will be stopping in gettysburg for a half day. I am a chapperone. I wish a could stay longer because one never does get to see much of culps hill and that area of the battlefield. Great subject for a dio. Hey is that a scenics dday building in stone that i see there?

 

[Warrior]

Great display george, i am going on my daughter's field trip to dc in june and will be stopping in gettysburg for a half day. I am a chapperone. I wish a could stay longer because one never does get to see much of culps hill and that area of the battlefield. Great subject for a dio. Hey is that a scenics dday building in stone that i see there?

Half a day is still good; in order to really appreciate the battle, you need to walk the field. Iv'e done the entire area around the round tops, wheatfield, peach orchard, first days action, Culps Hill, Cemetery Hill, etc, etc and it's pretty amazing to walk in the footsteps of those soldiers north and south at Gettysburg.

All of the buildings were made by a now defunct company called Musket Miniatures, they did a whole series of ACW buildings in 20mm...........