10122 Mexican Infantry Pioneer, 1838 First Legion-WWII 75mm 31270 - Confederate Orderly Holding

31270 - Confederate Orderly Holding Horse

There a small clearing station was set up and casualties started streaming in

he’s also brought along his camera to get a few ‘action’ shots

16050 - British 42nd Royal Highland Grenadier Standing Firing No

10122 Mexican Infantry Pioneer, 1838 First Legion-WWII 75mm 31270 - Confederate Orderly HoldingMexican Infantry Pioneer, 1838 A pioneer, also referred to as a sapper or engineer, was a soldier who performed a variety of military engineering duties. First used by the French army, a pioneer was one who dug trenches to allow besieging forces to advance towards the enemy defensive works and forts. Referred to as sapping, the pioneers would dig a zig zag channel parallel to the enemy fortifications over ground that would be under the defenders