The Battle begins! Confederate forces, comprised of two line infantry
regiments, one line battalion, the Emerald Guard (8th Alabama), and one
artillery battery, are attacking a Union force, comprised of one line infantry
regiment, two zouave regiments, an Iron Brigade regiment, and one battery
of artillery, that is defending a hill. The regiments are organized as
two battalions of 16 figures each, for a total of 32 figures, with each
figure representing 25 soldiers, for a total regimental strength of 800
soldiers. In this battle, 132 figures are used for the Union Army, representing
3,300 soldiers, and 116 figures are used for the Confederate Army, representing
2,900 soldiers. All the soldiers in this battle are from Armies in Plastic.
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A Union Iron Brigade regiment, reprsenting the 2nd Wisconsin, on
this battle, awaiting the attack! This brigade was first referred to as
the Black Hat Brigade, by Confederate soldiers, and was comprised of the
2nd Wisconsin, the 6th Wisconsin, the 7th Wisconsin, and the 24th Michigan
regiments, and Battery B of the 4th United States Artillery.
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The 114th Pennsylvania Zouave regiment, molded in red plastic, engaged
with Confederate infantry! The Armies in Plastic Union Zouave soldiers
are available in red, blue, dark blue, and sky blue, and Confederate Zouaves
are available in a butternut-colored plastic. The Confederate infantry
are the Armies in Plastic Confederate Marines, which are also molded in
butternut-colored plastic and are boxed as Confederate Infantry in Butternut,
product number 5461.
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The Union Iron Brigade regiment awaiting the attack of the Confederate
Emerald Guard, which are Armies in Plastic Berdan's Sharpshooters.
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The Emerald Guard in line!
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