Trophy ACW (4 Viewers)

[GICOP]

Strange looking MG, is that a Naval mount or does it have a seperate carriage?

Jeff

The complete set has a wagon that the machine gun sits on Jeff

Here is some more info on it

The Williams Gun was a Confederate gun that was classified as a 1-lb cannon. It was designed by Capt. D.R. Williams, of Covington, Kentucky, who later served as an artillery captain with a battery of his design. It was a breech-loading, rapid-fire cannon that was operated by a hand-crank. The barrel was 4 feet long and 1.57-inch caliber. The hand crank opened the sliding breech which allowed the crew to load a round and cap the primer. As the crank was continued, it closed the breech and automatically released the hammer. The effective range was 800 yards but the maximum range was 2000 yards.

Approximiately 40 were made to supply 7 different Confederate batteries. These were made at F. B. Deane Jr. & Son, Lynchburg, Virginia, Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, and Skates & Co, Mobile, Alabama.

At the end of the war, 4 examples of this gun were captured to sent to West Point. The West Point Museum retained one gun. Other examples are now located at Kentucky Military History Museum and the Watervliet Arsenal Museum.

During the early trials of the gun, the Richmond Daily Exchange dated May 20, 1862, reported that: “General Floyd attended a trial of the Williams’ mounted breech-loading rifle, which is claimed will throw twenty balls a minute a distance of fifteen hundred yards". Some sources say it could fire 65 rounds per minute but accuracy was greatly reduced due to the manual loading. The Union troops did not know what the gun was. Some describe it as a rifled cannon. Others reported that it fired nails, probably on account of the noise the projectile made as it tumbled. The Williams Gun was not perfect and the Union had much better rapid-fire weapons than the Confederacy.

My thanks to Wikipedia for the above info

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Martyn

 

[W T Allison II]

Louisiana Pelican Zouaves

Set# ACW31

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Martyn

Martyn: Congratulations on acquiring these fine sets. Tommy

 

[GICOP]

Martyn: Congratulations on acquiring these fine sets. Tommy

Many thanks Tommy :salute::

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Martyn

 

[lancer]

What a fantastic collection of ACW figures you have, Martyn. The Confederate firing line is very impressive. My favorites are the Zouaves. I have a weakness for French style unis and colors.:wink2: -- Al

 

[GICOP]

What a fantastic collection of ACW figures you have, Martyn. The Confederate firing line is very impressive. My favorites are the Zouaves. I have a weakness for French style unis and colors.:wink2: -- Al

Many thanks Al :salute:: Trophy produced several ACW Zouave sets, both Union and Confederate

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Martyn

 

[aujj65]

Thanks for the info Martyn, do you have any Union Gatling guns?

Jeff

 

[jazzeum]

The Gatling Gun was used late in the Civil War and only sporadically. To my knowledge, Trophy did not make any although they did make artillery.

 

[GICOP]

Thanks for the info Martyn, do you have any Union Gatling guns?

Jeff

The Gatling Gun was used late in the Civil War and only sporadically. To my knowledge, Trophy did not make any although they did make artillery.

As Brad quite rightly says, Trophy never made an "Official" Gatling gun for the ACW series but here is one I "cobbled together" with a Confederate crew, obviously using a gun captured from the Union :wink2:

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Martyn

 

[jazzeum]

Very nice Martyn although I don't believe any were captured. The closest thing was the Williams Gun, similar to the French Mittrailleuse. However, the Confederate authorities had as little fondness for it as the Union had for the Gatling, whose inventor hailed from the South.

 

[GICOP]

More Union Zouaves........although one appears to wear Confederate Grey ^&confuse

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Martyn

 

[jazzeum]

I'm not really up on the various uniforms worn by regiments. Maybe someone like UK Reb or Mike Estell can help out. I think Scott knows his stuff too.

 

[GICOP]

I'm not really up on the various uniforms worn by regiments. Maybe someone like UK Reb or Mike Estell can help out. I think Scott knows his stuff too.

Excellent {bravo}}

Now here is a Confederate Regiment appearing to wear Union Blue

Maryland Guard Zouaves

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Martyn

 

[GICOP]

Brig General Lewis Addison "Lo" Armistead

"Special", no set number

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Martyn

 

[jazzeum]

Did that come out of the Picketts Charge box or something you acquired separately?

 

[GICOP]

Did that come out of the Picketts Charge box or something you acquired separately?

Hi Brad

He came as a single figure.

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Martyn

 

[lancer]

More Union Zouaves........although one appears to wear Confederate Grey ^&confuse

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Martyn

The grey unis weren't uncommon for Union troops, early in the war. I know Ellsworth's Zouaves (a NY outfit) wore a grey uniform although I think they had red shirts. -- Al

 

[GICOP]

The grey unis weren't uncommon for Union troops, early in the war. I know Ellsworth's Zouaves (a NY outfit) wore a grey uniform although I think they had red shirts. -- Al

Many thanks for your reply Al :salute::

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Martyn

 

[Terp152]

Wonderful sets Martyn. I'm partial to ACW. :smile2: Chris

 

[GICOP]

Thank you Chris :salute:: Trophy made some great ACW sets including the two boats

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Martyn

 

[GICOP]

Union soldiers prepare to attack Fort McAllister, near Savannah, Georgia at the end of Shermans March To The Sea



Thanks go to Brad for the set of Union reloading figures :salute::

Set# ACW25 - THE LOADING SET

To be a bit different I have featured two Palm tree stumps as Georgia is one of several US States in which Palm trees grow, they come from JG Miniatures

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Martyn