A Confederate gun crew at sustained fire was not a parade-ground formation. With each shot the bronze barrel heated, smoke wrapped the piece, and the carriage recoiled four to six feet — men had to wrestle it back into battery between rounds while the chief-of-piece called the next correction. Sustained rate was about two rounds a minute. Under pressure, with infantry coming up the slope, the same crew could push four or six. At that pace they fought in whatever they had on — jackets thrown off, sleeves rolled, suspenders showing, hats traded for whatever shaded the eyes. The figures here capture that informality: a battery in its working clothes. Four crewmen and a field gun: a bearded man in butternut shell jacket working the rammer at the muzzle, a second figure in striped work shirt and suspenders carrying ammunition forward, a third at the breech in captured Federal sky-blue trousers, and the chief-of-piece in shell jacket and kepi standing to the right. Mixed dress throughout — butternut, white shirts, captured Federal blue, slouch hats and kepis interchangeably. Pair the set with a gun model like the 12 Pound Howitzer or the M1841 6 Pound Bronze Field Gun to outfit a complete two-gun battery diorama, or expand the crew further with the 'Load!' Confederate Artillery with 12 Pound Howitzer set for an eight-figure battery scene. W. Britain 31419 Give 'em Another Round. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Seven-piece set: four Confederate artillerymen plus three-piece field gun (barrel/trunnion, carriage, accessory) on sculpted groundwork bases. Boxed.
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