"Confederates of the Nile – Meet the Civil War Vets..." Topic
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21 Jun 2017 11:55 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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| Tango01 | 21 Jun 2017 11:52 a.m. PST |
… Who Volunteered to Fight for the Egyptian Army. "THE 1874 to 1876 Egyptian-Ethiopian War is one of the 19th century's more obscure conflicts. Among the most surprising aspects of the conflict is that it involved a group of ex-Confederate officers who had been hired by an Ottoman viceroy to conquer an empire in central Africa. These Confederate veterans had fought in the U.S. Civil War, in part to preserve a social system based on the enslavement of Africans and their descendants. However, along with some Union officers, less than 10 years after the fall of the Confederacy they found themselves posted more than 6,000 miles from home, in new uniforms and leading columns of African troops into the Ethiopian highlands…"
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| Chokidar | 21 Jun 2017 12:15 p.m. PST |
..and the Ottoman Egyptian battalion that fought for Maximilian in Mexico!!! Crazy world… |
| Bill N | 21 Jun 2017 1:55 p.m. PST |
Makes sense. If you were an officer who decided to fight for the Confederacy in the ACW, the chances of getting a job in the downsizing U.S. army after the war were slim. You took work where you could find it. |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Jun 2017 2:16 p.m. PST |
Fascinating stuff!!! And just think of all the new gaming possibilities. Dan |
| Happy Wanderer | 21 Jun 2017 2:27 p.m. PST |
We had a game using this setting. Quite an interesting period. TMP link Cheers Happy Wanderer |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Jun 2017 11:42 p.m. PST |
You should have the Egyptians build an ironclad, crewed by Confederates. And then it runs aground and gets attacked. :) Dan
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| Tango01 | 22 Jun 2017 10:58 a.m. PST |
Happy you like it Dan!. I saw the movie also!.
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is a naval wargamer who likes the smaller scales, so who better to show us how to paint small-scale ironclads?
