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Union Leaders |
 Gen. G.G. Meade pointing with sword, on horseback |
| Order Code : 3031 Cavalry series figure, on walking horse. |
| Price: $35.00 |
| Gen. G.G. Meade with binoculars, on horseback |
| Order Code : 3030 Cavalry series figure, on walking horse. |
| Price: $35.00 |
| Gen. George A. Custer, on horseback |
| Order Code : C-85 Charging on horseback with sword extended forward. |
| Price: $35.00 |
 Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, on horseback, rallying troops |
| Order Code : C-201 General Philip Sheridan, known as "Little Phil" to his soldiers, because of his 5'4" height, rallied his retreating Union Army by riding is famous black chargers, Rienzi, the 14 miles from Winchester, Virginia to the battle at Cedar Creek where he recaptured the lost ground and forced the Confederate General Jubal Early to retire with heavy losses, on 19 Oct. 1864. Each kit comes with a coloring guide and historical text. This kit is offered with a simplified three piece horse. |
| Price: $35.00 |
 Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, on horseback |
| Order Code : C-208 Union General William Tecumseh Sherman marched his Western Army, after his capture of Atlanta, Georgia, to the sea (15 Nov. - 21 Dec. 1864) over 300 miles, to cut the Confederacy in half, denying troops and supplies from reaching General Robert E. Lee's Army of Nothern Virignia. With 20 days of supplies in his wagons, his 60,000 troops lived off the land, cutting a 50 - 60 mile swath through Georgia, impoverishing all in their wake, to capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia, on 21 December. |
| Price: $35.00 |
| Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, on horseback |
| Order Code : C-214 Shown on horseback, rearing, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock commanded the II Corps at Gettysburg. On 2 July 1863, he spied 1000 Confederates advancing to split the Union lines at Cemetery Ridge. He ordered his only reserves, 262 men of the 1st Minnesota, to fix bayonets and charge the southerners. After 15 minutes, only 47 were left standing when Union reinforcements arrived to close the gap in the line, thus saving the entire army from being lost. |
| Price: $35.00 |
 Gen. John F. Reynolds, on horseback |
| Order Code : C-221 Major General John F. Reynolds rushed his I Corps of the Army of the Potomac to the relief of General Buford's 2700 dismounted Union cavalrymen outside of Gettysburg, to hold the line against 7,500 Confederate infantrymen. |
| Price: $35.00 |
 Gen. U.S. Grant, on horseback |
| Order Code : C-246 After graduating from West Point, Grant served in the army during the Mexican American War, and later in the western U.S. He left he army until the Civil War, and then took charge of the volunteer troops. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant accepted the surrender of Fort Donelson only with no conditions. Thereafter, he was known as "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. He rose to a regular army Major General for his victories in the western theatre, and proceeded to chart the course of the war to its successful conclusion, although at great cost. In early 1864, Congress created the rank of Lt. General, giving Grant comand of all the armies of the U.S., and then elevated him to full General after the war had ended. It was difficult for ordinary people to recognize his rank due to his plain uniform. |
| Price: $35.00 |
| President Abraham Lincoln |
| Order Code : C-130 When elected president in 1861, the southern states seceded from the Union, causing the Civil War. Coloring guide included. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant, standing, smoking |
| Order Code : C-131 In early 1864, Lincoln promoted Grant to Lt. General, commander of all the northern armies of the United States. Coloring guide included. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Gen. G.G. Meade |
| Order Code : C-204 Union General George Gordon Meade was appointed Commander of the Army of the Potomac just two days before the unexpected three day Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863). With great skill, he fed his divisions into the defense line south of the town and was able to block the southern invasion of the North. A coloring guide and historical text come with this kit. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside |
| Order Code : C-205 Union General Ambrose E. Burnside commanded the last of the three assaults at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland, 17 Sept. 1862, which General George McClellan had planned to destroy Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Unfortunately, Burnside never received his orders until late in the afternoon, and his troops met stiff opposition crossing the stone bridge (later called Burnside's Bridge) over Antietem Creek. This delay allowed Lee's reinforcements to reach Sharpsburg, and the Union Army of the Potomac was unable to cut off Lee's return to Virginia. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan, standing, with binoculars |
| Order Code : C-207 Union General Philip H. Sheridan at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, 1 April 1865, was ordered by General U.S. Grant to cut the railroad supply line from the south to his cavalry, augmented by infantry regiments. This endeavor was to force General Robert E. Lee to abandon his ten month defence of Petersburg and Richmond. Both Confederate General George Pickett and General Fitzhugh "Roonie" Lee (General Lee's newphew) had left the lines at Five Forks without telling their second in command, returning only after their units were in full retreat, forcing General Robert E. Lee to retreat to Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and surrender to Grant on 9 April 1865. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer |
| Order Code : C-212 Shown standing with arms crossed, Brigadeer General George Armstrong Custer was the flamboyant boy general of cavalry at the age of 23. He led his men in every battle fought by the Union Army of the Potomac, except one, from 1st Bull Run, 1861, to that of General Lee's surrender in April of 1865. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Maj. Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker |
| Order Code : C-213 Known as "Fighting Joe" in the Union newspapers, Major General Joseph Hooker took command of the Army at the Potomac in January 1863, only to send his army into the wilderness of northern Virginia for the confusing four day battle of Chancellorsville (1-4 May 1863). |
| Price: $17.00 |
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain |
| Order Code : C-218 On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Col. Chamberlain rushed his 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment up Little Round Top, at the extreme left of the Union defense line, with order to hold at all cost. This college professor, with no military background and only 368 men, repeatedly turned back the Confederate troops charging uphill. Finally, out of ammunition, he and his men charged downhill to break the last Confederate rally. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Rear Adm. David Glasgow Farragut |
| Order Code : C-219 Captain David Glasgow Farragut of the U.S. Navy was given command as flag officer of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron with the mission of sailing up the Mississippi to capture the port city of New Orleans, Louisiana, to stop the supplies of foreign goods to the Confederate Armies. This task was achieved on 29 April 1982. His squadron then sailed north as far as Vicksburg, Miss., but could not subdue this city because he had no Union army forces to attack and occupy the city. Farragut was the first officer in the U.S. Navy to attain the rank of full Admiral. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Maj. Gen. John Buford |
| Order Code : C-222 Major General John Buford threw his two brigades of cavalry, armed with breech-loading carbines, to hold a line of battle until relieved by Union infantry, causing General Robert E. Lee's leading division to fight on ground not of the General's choosing. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Col. Robert G. Shaw |
| Order Code : C-229 Born to an outspoken abolitionist family of Boston in 1837, Robert Gould Shaw was asked to raise the first African-American regiment in the northern states. Free black men from all over New England joined the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which was mustered into service on 13 May 1863 with the 25-year-old Shaw as their colonel. During the ill-fated attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina on 18 July 1863, Col. Shaw and over 270 men of the 650 engaged were killed. The Confederates, outraged that black soldiers dared to fight them, buried their bodies, together with Col. Shaw, in a common pit. Upon hearing of his loss, his parents believed that this was the way their son would have wanted it. |
| Price: $17.00 |
| Gen. McClellan, officer, table and chair grouping |
| Order Code : C-233 This grouping of a seated Gen. McClellan and a standing cavalry scout at the Battle of Antietem (Sharpsburg) offers collectors a look at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. Coloring guide included. |
| Price: $40.00 |
| Cavalry Officer (Union or Confederate), 1861-65, looking at map |
| Order Code : C-234 Officers of the North or South were sent as scouts to spy behind enemy lines to reconnoiter the lay of the land and the disposition of enemy troops. Some even wore their enemy's uniform as spies, facing a dangerous mission of death by hanging if captured. Coloring guide gives description of uniforms of both sides. |
| Price: $17.00 |