"US Marine Battalion for LONGSTREET." Topic
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| trailape | 14 Apr 2014 8:37 p.m. PST |
Hi Guys
Continuing on with the 'LONGSTEET' theme I thought I thoughts I'd share my latest completed unit.
An eight based US MARINES battalion.
The link to my BLOG post is here:
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I'm quite taken with the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) and having served on several occasions with the US Marines I was very interested in producing the unit for my LONGSTREET collection.
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[/URL] The Marines sometimes look upon First Bull Run as a blemish on a particularly impressive war record but I'm of the opinion they have been judged harshly in regards to this particular engagement. You can find an interesting article of the Marines performance at First Bull Run HERE: link As for this particular unit I used PERRY MINIATURES codes ACW 30 and 31 which are actually Confederates in Frock Coats but these were the closest I could get to what the US Marine Battalion would have been wearing at the battle. Please feel free to pop over to my BLOG for more pictures and comment. Cheers Scott |
| scarlinosr1 | 15 Apr 2014 12:41 p.m. PST |
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| KTravlos | 15 Apr 2014 5:31 p.m. PST |
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| trailape | 16 Apr 2014 3:04 a.m. PST |
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| Nadir Shah | 17 Apr 2014 2:33 a.m. PST |
Very nice, thanks for sharing Trailape! |
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