| Shaitan | 02 Nov 2020 10:33 a.m. PST |
The latest infantry unit in my Dixon Confederate army. The 3rd Arkansas.
More pictures and info in the blog link below. Thanks for looking. link |
| Brian Smaller | 02 Nov 2020 10:47 a.m. PST |
Love these. Dixon have a certain charm. |
| Shaitan | 02 Nov 2020 11:06 a.m. PST |
Thanks Brian. Yeah, such character! So great that you can have a unit with all different heads. |
| Ryan T | 02 Nov 2020 11:19 a.m. PST |
Very nice work. When you do your brigade command stand you might want to include the brigade flag apparently carried in at least the summer of 1863. The Texas Brigade flag is described in a letter written to his mother by John Mark Smither dated May 30, 1863. Smither enlisted as a private in Co. D, 5th Texas Infantry and ended the war with the rank of Sergeant Major. The letter is reproduced in Eddy Parker (ed.), Touched By Fire: Letters From Company D, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, 1862 – 1865, (2000), pp. 58-59. In the letter Smither writes about a recent review of the division by General Hood and includes the following: "Gen. Robertson carries about with him a beautiful Guidon, a present to the Brigade from a young Lady (Miss Ewell) a refugee from the old city of Williamsburg Va. It is a beautiful Crimson Lone Star on a field of white. We are all very proud of it." |
| Shaitan | 02 Nov 2020 1:56 p.m. PST |
Thanks a lot Ryan and for the in-depth comment. I wish the flag company I use produced that flag. The plan was to use a standard bearer on foot with a Texas state flag stood beside a pair of cheering soldiers as Hood rides past. |
| Greylegion | 02 Nov 2020 6:57 p.m. PST |
Ryan, I love to find those little jewel details about flags and uniforms, when they can be found. I really love Dixon miniatures, for the detail they have. I have a bunch I need to paint. One day I'll get back to them. |
Frederick  | 03 Nov 2020 7:43 a.m. PST |
Great work! Thanks for posting |
 Flashman14 | 03 Nov 2020 1:10 p.m. PST |
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| Shaitan | 04 Nov 2020 3:04 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys! Hope to have some more posted up soon. |
| Ryan T | 04 Nov 2020 8:25 p.m. PST |
Shaitan, if you would be interested in a copy of my examnation of the flags of the Texas Brigade drop me a line at ritoews"at"mts.net |
| Shaitan | 11 Nov 2020 5:23 p.m. PST |
That's extremely kind of you Ryan, thank you. I'll drop you a line tomorrow 👍🏼 |
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