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I personally have found the Stretlets offerings to be most useful especially when they are mixed up a bit.
Whilst some flash is annoying and tricky to remove the effort to make the figure’s faces personalised is in my opinion a triumph.
The skirmish set is a case in point and I have created a unit that will be ideal in defending the Rhorbach bridge ( now Burnsides bridge) in my re-fight.
Many poor souls had no or worn footwear which contributed to an epidemic of straggling. Indeed it is estimated that six thousand stragglers swelled Lee’s Army the day after the battle.
These look great, Chris. I agree with you that the Strelets figures have a lot of potential for real character once they're painted up, certainly moreso than with most previous ACW figures. And we can't really capture the look of the rebel forces without a fair bit of character. Your excellent painting helps to bring that out. I also like to leave some of my rebels barefoot. Shoelessness was a major logistical problem in Lee's army -- though a lot of the farm boys actually preferred going barefoot to wearing shoes. Indeed, as I recall, one of Lee's reasons for choosing to concentrate his forces at Gettysburg -- in his next invasion of the north -- was the shoe factory that was located there.
Nearly right - Lee didn't intend to concentrate at Gettysburg but sent a detachment to look for shoes - this ran into a Union detachment and each side sent reinforcements until a major encounter developed. An encounter battle, in a place not originally intended.