Monday, August 12, 2013

The 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment


Continuing on with Law's Alabama Brigade with the 47th Alabama infantry regiment. The figures are from the excellent Redoubt range and the flag from GMB Designs. Redoubt packs a lot of character in their figures which enables one to experiment with unit composition which is really fun and something I enjoy doing.

The hard fighting 47th Alabama was mustered into service in Loachapoka Alabama on 22 May 1862 under Col. James McCarthy Oliver consisting of 10 companies like the Tallapoosa Light Infantry, Chambers infantry etc. and assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia.

 The 47th Alabama served first in Jackson's division for the battles of Chantilly, Second Manasses, Harper's Ferry, Sharpesburg(Antietam) where it was virtually decimated losing 98 killed , wounded or missing out of 115 and could only muster a sergeant and 18 men the following day. Reconstituted it then fought in Fredricksburg before moving on to Hoods division in Laws Alabama Brigade further fighting in the Suffolk campaign, Gettysburg,  Chickamauga, Look out Valley, Siege of Knoxville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Finally laying down their well used arms at Appomattox with only 17 officers and 188 men left.  Let's just say they not only saw the elephant, but the whole darn herd!!

I've also restarted basing my 28mm ACW figures 2 figures on 40mm x 20mm bases to cope with all the stands needed for Regimental Fire and Fury and what looks to be a high requirement for Longstreet too. Let's face it folks just about every ACW rule set has a very high base count and I feel I need to be practical and my gaming group agrees(for this period at least). I've tried it on RF&F and it worked out just great! 

Thanks for viewing!:-)
Miniature Company-Redoubt Miniatures




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40 comments :

  1. AdamAugust 12, 2013 at 8:34 PM

    cool regiment

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  2. CurtAugust 12, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    Beautiful work Christopher and nice to see the old Redoubt boys getting some press. Yes, that is truly a veteran regiment. It would be interesting to find out if there were any of those that survived to Appomattox that were there in 1861.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 10:43 AM

      Thank you Curt! Actually from 1862 for these gents, but I get your point and it would indeed be very interesting to see how many of the original were left. For sure very few!

      Christopher

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  3. DalaupprorAugust 12, 2013 at 11:15 PM

    Stunning work !

    Love the composition of the minis, give a good action in the unit !

    Best regards Michael

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 11:06 AM

      Thank you Michael and indeed Redoubt packs the action in their figures!

      Christopher

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  4. Jonas MAugust 13, 2013 at 12:13 AM

    That is a superb looking unit! Good work all round.

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  5. Stefan (aka. Monty)August 13, 2013 at 12:17 AM

    Hi Christopher,

    absolutely stunning work. Really great paintjob!

    Cheers
    Stefan

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  6. Michael AwdryAugust 13, 2013 at 12:37 AM

    I really love these Christopher, there is just a fabulous sense of character o the stand, bravo Sir.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 11:09 AM

      Thank you Michael and that's the great think about Redoubt which really packs the character in their figures.

      Christopher

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  7. Ubique MattAugust 13, 2013 at 1:21 AM

    Fantastic looking figures.

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  8. CyrusAugust 13, 2013 at 2:29 AM

    Brilliant looking regiment Christopher! The variety of poses really makes them animated - firing and loading right in the thick of it.

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 11:10 AM

      Thank you and nobody does it better then Redoubt for ACW IMHO.

      Christopher

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  9. RodgerAugust 13, 2013 at 2:49 AM

    Excellent looking unit Christopher! Really nice base work too!

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  10. Moiterei_1984August 13, 2013 at 7:22 AM

    As I already had the honour to admire them in the flesh I can only state them beeing absolutely stunning!

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 10:45 AM

      Thank you Nick and look forward to seeing your rebs!

      Christopher

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  11. DeanMAugust 13, 2013 at 8:08 AM

    Wonderful brushwork as always. Cleanly painted with effective highlighting and shading. Very impressive. Best, Dean

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  12. Sire GodefroyAugust 13, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    That's a fair bit of action. Very cool and lovely brushwork!

    Cheers, SG
    mountainsoflead.com

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 10:48 AM

      Thanks SG and you can't beeat Redoubt on animation in their figures.

      Christopher

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  13. Neil ScottAugust 13, 2013 at 8:37 AM

    Wonderful painting as usual.

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  14. The Angry LurkerAugust 13, 2013 at 8:41 AM

    I love them, the front rank is very animated especially!

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 11:12 AM

      Thank you Fran and yes they are indeed an animated lot!

      Christopher

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  15. Fritz II.August 13, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    As always these figures look brilliant.

    Mike

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    1. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 10:47 AM

      Thank you Mike and looking forward to seeing some more union boys from you!

      Christopher

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  16. GilesAugust 13, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Amazing stuff, Christopher, as usual. Beautiful painting and excellent composition.

    Giles

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  17. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    Thank you Andrew and mine too!

    Christopher

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  18. Ray RousellAugust 13, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    Some great painting Chris, I've got to agree with you about Redout figures animation, but it does help when they're painted excellently like these babies!!

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  19. MontyAugust 13, 2013 at 5:02 PM

    Lovely, lovely work Christopher! Great mix of poses and basing as well. What a meat grinder. A regiment that could only muster 17 men...makes you shake your head.

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  20. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Thank you Monty! No question the battles in those days produced some horrific casualty counts with many regiments from both sides that were virtually destroyed and yet they fought on in most cases which leaves one amazed at their ability to endurance such extreme hardships.

    Christopher

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  21. VinnieAugust 13, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    Fantasic painting Axe

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  22. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM

    Thank you very much Vinnie!

    Christopher

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  23. NicoleDecember 11, 2019 at 3:43 PM

    My fiance's 3x great grandfather, Theophilus F. Botsford (1830-1918) fought in the 47th. I recently purchased a book from Amazon that includes the pamphlet he wrote in 1909 and then added to and revised in 1911 called Memories of the War of Secession. It also includes a roster for the 47th as well as an index and bibliography. It is an invaluable addition for us and for any scholar of Civil War history.

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