"Crann Tara figures for Georgia Scouts Rangers" Topic
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| Winston Smith | 03 Apr 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
I saw these figures in a TMP thread on fox hunting.
I had never heard of these before, but it occurred to me that they would make good militia cavalry for the AWI. The baggy cuffs just look old fashioned. link That aside, I did a quick Google search but could find little information. Too many other links having to do with what I wanted. grin A lot of information on the Boy and Girl Scouts in Georgia….
Does anyone have information on these?
And is there an American distributor? |
| JimDuncanUK | 03 Apr 2018 9:07 a.m. PST |
Try asking Jim Purky at Fife & Drum. |
Extrabio1947  | 03 Apr 2018 9:22 a.m. PST |
There is no American distributor at present, but reach out to Graham Cummings, the very helpful and responsive owner of Crann Tara Miniatures. Winston, if you remember the 54mm Stadden Miniatures, Charles Stadden's son, Andy, sculpted the Georgia Scouts for Crann Tara. |
| Winston Smith | 03 Apr 2018 9:46 a.m. PST |
Nice.
Can anyone tell me about the Georgia Scouts Rangers? |
| jedburgh | 03 Apr 2018 10:19 a.m. PST |
They were a unit of Government cavalry during the 45'. Formed by James Oglethorpe to serve in the Georgia colony. |
| The Beast Rampant | 03 Apr 2018 10:24 a.m. PST |
I assume they are provincials defending the (essentially no-man's land) of Georgia between the British Carolina colonies and Spanish Florida.
link Having learned my paternal grandfather's side of the family emigrated from Scotland to South Carolina, and were among the earliest settlers of Georgia, I have begun to look into this. I am working on forces to game it (expanding to the War of Jenkin's Ear, bricole), starting with Muskets and Tomahawks, slated as a late summer project. |
| jedburgh | 03 Apr 2018 10:41 a.m. PST |
According to Christopher Duffy they were originally bound for Georgia and their transport ship 'Sue' was diverted to Hull and disembarked. They were used by the Duke of Cumberland to scout and harrass the retreating Jacobite Army. But they did not seem to have been very effective and their original number was reduced from 128 to 88. Oglethorpe was suspect because two of his sisters were known Jacobites. |
| The Beast Rampant | 03 Apr 2018 10:45 a.m. PST |
Okay, I suppose that explains why they're in with their '45 stuff. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 03 Apr 2018 1:08 p.m. PST |
The Osprey book about the Jacobite army has a picture of the Georgia Scouts and some info about them. |
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is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.
