31415 Union Iron Brigade Ramming Cartridge Wearing Gaiters K&C Crusaders & Saracens Freemen (African- Americans)

Freemen (African- Americans)

In the 1960s

This dismounted vaquero again has the short ‘Mexican’ – style jacket topped by a long ‘poncho’ and the ever present sombrero

the Marquis de Lafayette

This Italian military policeman provides the mobile element to our previously released Carabinieri figures

31415 Union Iron Brigade Ramming Cartridge Wearing Gaiters K&C Crusaders & Saracens Freemen (African- Americans)Union Sergeant in State Jacket Standing Reaching for Cap Introduced in the early 1820s, the percussion cap was a type of single use ignition device for muzzle loaded firearms. When released, the locks hammer fell on the percussion cap and set off a small explosive charge discharging the weapon. Even though research shows the Confederate army did use flint lock ignition muskets during the early stages of the war, the percussion system was the most