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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Limorrj on February 27, 2013, 00:10:35
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Yesterday, I made this soldier of the 1st South Carolina Infantry United States Volunteers.
Hope you enjoy.
Greetings
Leonardo
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4324/1stscvolinf.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/1stscvolinf.jpg/)
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3980/dsc01028du.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/dsc01028du.jpg/)
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/334/dsc01029zv.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/dsc01029zv.jpg/)
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nice!!! make more if you have parts! probably you need to hunt for those red legs with black shoes too ;)
more, Leonardo!!
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Looks good. Can you show a rear view, please?
I think they're pirate legs.
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Very nice custom!
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A great custom indeed!
Joe
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He looks great especially with the added bits like the waterskin and backpack. PM's Civil War soldiers are never geared up enough. Here is a question though, did this bloke fight for the north or the south. His uniform looks union, but he's from South
Carolina? Or maybe he's post- ACW.
edit: just looked it up. A unit consisting of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida. Now I get it. :eh?:
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Nice custom again. Bravo!
@cheng: These legs were quite common in medieval sets a few years back. They should come up cheap on eBay or other markets.
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Very nice custom.
George.
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great custom, I would love to have such a klicky in great numbers for our dioramas
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He looks great especially with the added bits like the waterskin and backpack. PM's Civil War soldiers are never geared up enough. Here is a question though, did this bloke fight for the north or the south. His uniform looks union, but he's from South
Carolina? Or maybe he's post- ACW.
edit: just looked it up. A unit consisting of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida. Now I get it. :eh?:
It seems that Black troops may have been more integrated in the Confederate forces than in the Union (the Union had segregated units and this continued in practice until after the Korean war.
It's a very overlooked fact of history but the CSA had up to 120,000 Black soldiers. Pay was also equivalent for Blacks and Whites in the CSA, while in the Union pay was not equal.
Here are some interesting links:
http://www.history.army.mil/books/integration/IAF-FM.htm (http://www.history.army.mil/books/integration/IAF-FM.htm)
http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2008/0708_integration/military_integration_timeline.pdf (http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2008/0708_integration/military_integration_timeline.pdf)
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs.htm (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs.htm)
http://www.stonewallbrigade.com/articles_black_confeds.html (http://www.stonewallbrigade.com/articles_black_confeds.html)
That is a very nice figure, by the way. I too, especially like the gear on the figure and wish Playmobil would accessorize their figures more. Maybe even accessory packs through DS like they used to do for Knights and Pirates (although why don't they just ship the figures with the stuff instead of us having to buy more as I am sure the vast majority of kids who do get Playmobil toys never get anything from DS).
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First off, those are great figures, you did a very nice job. However... historically your numbers are way off. Check this link below. This seems more logical. The idea that slaves would fight on their own against those who were trying to free them is a bit tough to believe. As it is, almost every black in S. Carolina was a slave, and they could not enlist without permission from their owner, so again the idea that slaves would flock to the Southern cause is a bit much.
All that said, it takes nothing from the nice job you did.
http://civilwargazette.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/did-blacks-fight-in-combat-for-the-confederacy/
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An interesting debate to be sure, but to be clear Limorrj's figure is a Union soldier, despite the South Carolina Volunteer name, they were a northern army unit formed from escaped slaves from South Carolina. I'm sure there were plenty of African-Americans that (maybe relucutantly) fought for the south, but not even close to the numbers that fought for the Union. As far as integration goes, the south was probably hesitant to arm a whole regiment/company? of armed slaves and send them on their way. They were probably integrated into regular units to keep them under watchful eye. Just my thoughts.
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An interesting debate to be sure, but to be clear Limorrj's figure is a Union soldier, despite the South Carolina Volunteer name, they were a northern army unit formed from escaped slaves from South Carolina. I'm sure there were plenty of African-Americans that (maybe relucutantly) fought for the south, but not even close to the numbers that fought for the Union. As far as integration goes, the south was probably hesitant to arm a whole regiment/company? of armed slaves and send them on their way. They were probably integrated into regular units to keep them under watchful eye. Just my thoughts.
Yes, as a Union soldier that fits in, and there were a number of Union 'colored' regiments filled with volunteers. The most famous, of course, was the 54th Mass. And yes, they were paid less than white soldiers, officered by only whites, and generally not treated nearly as well. Freed slaves were often enlisted, sometimes as soldiers, sometimes simply as teamsters or camp cooks, or work crews. Almost all slaves in the South who were impressed into service were given tasks that didn't involve them having access to guns.
As you mentioned, there was extensive discrimination, and segregation, of blacks in the American forces until after WWII. Still, there were some strong black units, such as the 9th and 10th Cav (Buffalo Soldiers) who fought against the Apaches, and the Spanish in 1898, as well as Black units from NY who served in WW1.