Chain gang

[martin goddard]

A person on TMP asked if anyone makes a chain gang for the western period.   Apart from slaves in Confederate states and coloured men in southern states (Georgia/Alabama) i don't think chain gangs were about in the 1860/70s?

Anyone know better/?

[Leslie BT]

Chain gangs began during the ACW so looks like an opportunity to sell figures missed.

Need to add a chain gang of prisoners to the liabilities for the law men.

[martin goddard]

Is there any evidence or pictures though. The ones on the web are black folk used by rebel states in cities rather than convicted villains in the west.  i just need some evidence of them.

[Colonel Kilgore]

According to this reference (top of page 220):

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9ENaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=criminals+chain+gang+19th+century&source=bl&ots=CcrFS_AP0-&sig=FXfPZPZxXRcdz7p5iMR99zgvAfc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_oKiljITYAhUFKuwKHbXVC_oQ6AEIXDAK#v=onepage&q=criminals%20chain%20gang%2019th%20century&f=false

chain gangs of criminals first appeared in Georgia in 1866, with other Southern states following suit.

I've struggled to find pictures of anything that early with a specific date on them.

[Wardy64]

Please don't do this model, its not nice. Whether it be American Civil War prisoners or Japanese mistreating allied prisoners WW2 its not a nice thing to put in a game.

Not going to go on about it.


Wardy

[Stewart 46A]

I thought the chains were to stop escapees weather working or being transported from a to b.
Can't see much point on a wargames table as they and guards would run in any conflict.